# CPT 61559

> The national PFS baseline was $2,541.12 for CPT 61559 in the office (non-facility) setting and $2,541.12 in a facility under the Q3 2019 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2019. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, both settings' amount is $2,113.38–$3,368.59. This is a 6.0% increase from the previous quarter.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2019 (2019 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2019
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $2541.12
- Facility national allowed amount: $2541.12
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 34.02
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 22.24
- Facility practice expense RVU: 22.24
- Malpractice RVU: 14.25
- Conversion factor: 36.0391
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q3 2019)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu19c.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU19_JUL.csv, row 10,938
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/61559/2019/C
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/61559/2019/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:09:02+00:00