# CPT 61538

> The national PFS baseline was $2,842.50 for CPT 61538 in the Office (non-facility) setting and $2,842.50 in a facility under the Q2 2015 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 2015. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, both settings' amount is $2,171.11–$3,814.55. This amount has been unchanged since Q1 2015, when it increased 4.0%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q2 2015 (2015 B)
- Effective: April 1 – June 30, 2015
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $2842.50
- Facility national allowed amount: $2842.50
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 39.45
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 23.15
- Facility practice expense RVU: 23.15
- Malpractice RVU: 16.90
- Conversion factor: 35.7547
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q2 2015)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu15b.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU15_V0213_Current.csv, row 10,104
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/61538/2015/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/61538/2015/B
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:05:48+00:00