# CPT 61800

> The national PFS baseline was $163.29 for CPT 61800 in the Office (non-facility) setting and $163.29 in a facility under the Q2 2017 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 2017. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, both settings' amount is $137.20–$215.78. This amount has been unchanged since Q1 2016, when it decreased 1.2%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q2 2017 (2017 B)
- Effective: April 1 – June 30, 2017
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $163.29
- Facility national allowed amount: $163.29
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 2.25
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 1.39
- Facility practice expense RVU: 1.39
- Malpractice RVU: 0.91
- Conversion factor: 35.8887
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q2 2017)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu17b.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU17_V0209.csv, row 10,579
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/61800/2017/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/61800/2017/B
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:07:42+00:00