# CPT 59855

> The national PFS baseline was $437.77 for CPT 59855 in the office (non-facility) setting and $437.77 in a facility under the Q1 2022 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2022. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, both settings' amount is $375.11–$590.55. This is a 0.3% increase from the previous quarter.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2022 (2022 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2022
- Status indicator: R
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $437.77
- Facility national allowed amount: $437.77
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 6.43
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 4.38
- Facility practice expense RVU: 4.38
- Malpractice RVU: 1.84
- Conversion factor: 34.6062
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2022)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu22a.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU22_JAN.csv, row 11,284
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/59855/2022/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/59855/2022/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:11:16+00:00