# CPT 61797

> The national PFS baseline was $235.98 for CPT 61797 in the office (non-facility) setting and $235.98 in a facility under the Q1 2015 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2015. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, both settings' amount is $181.12–$318.61. This is a 5.6% increase from the previous quarter.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2015 (2015 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2015
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $235.98
- Facility national allowed amount: $235.98
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 3.48
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 1.63
- Facility practice expense RVU: 1.63
- Malpractice RVU: 1.49
- 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 (Q1 2015)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu15a.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU15_V1223c.csv, row 10,188
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/61797/2015/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/61797/2015/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:05:39+00:00