# CPT 64721

> Medicare paid $441.43 for CPT 64721 in the office (non-facility) setting and $438.92 in a facility under the Q3 2017 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2017. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2017, when it increased 0.2%.

## What it is

Surgery to free the median nerve where it is squeezed at the wrist. The surgeon divides the transverse carpal ligament, the tough band forming the roof of the carpal tunnel, which immediately enlarges the tunnel and relieves pressure on the nerve. It can be done through a small open palm incision or endoscopically, and the ligament is left divided rather than repaired.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2017 (2017 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2017
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $441.43
- Facility national allowed amount: $438.92
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 4.97
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 6.33
- Facility practice expense RVU: 6.26
- Malpractice RVU: 1.00
- 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 (Q3 2017)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu17c.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU17_JULY_V0503.csv, row 10,897
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/64721/2017/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/64721/2017/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:07:49+00:00