# CPT 64721

> The national PFS baseline was $443.79 for CPT 64721 in the office (non-facility) setting and $436.35 in a facility under the Q1 2025 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2025. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $393.22–$554.97 and the facility amount is $386.82–$544.29. This is a 2.0% decrease from the previous quarter.

## What it is

Open Carpal Tunnel Release

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2025 (2025 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2025
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $443.79
- Facility national allowed amount: $436.35
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 4.97
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 7.76
- Facility practice expense RVU: 7.53
- Malpractice RVU: 0.99
- Conversion factor: 32.3465
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2025)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu25a-updated-01/10/2025.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU25_JAN.csv, row 12,940
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/64721/2025/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/64721/2025/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-13T15:11:57+00:00