# CPT 62323

> Medicare paid $248.71 for CPT 62323 in the office (non-facility) setting and $103.72 in a facility under the Q1 2017 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2017. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment.

## What it is

The same epidural injection as its neck-and-upper-back sibling, but placed in the lumbar or sacral spine: a needle passes between the vertebrae into the epidural space and delivers steroid, anesthetic, or both around the irritated nerves. It is performed with fluoroscopy or CT so the needle path and medication spread can be confirmed on screen, which is the feature distinguishing it from the unguided version. This is the single-visit injection, not the placement of an indwelling catheter for repeated dosing.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2017 (2017 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2017
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $248.71
- Facility national allowed amount: $103.72
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 1.80
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 4.93
- Facility practice expense RVU: 0.89
- Malpractice RVU: 0.20
- 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 (Q1 2017)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu17a.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU17_V1219.csv, row 10,652
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/62323/2017/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/62323/2017/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:07:28+00:00