# CPT 64721

> The national PFS baseline was $482.64 for CPT 64721 in the office (non-facility) setting and $423.19 in a facility under the Q1 2026 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2026. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $426.06–$612.23 and the facility amount is $374.99–$526.50. This is a 8.8% increase from the previous quarter.

## What it is

Open Carpal Tunnel Release

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2026 (2026 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2026
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $482.64
- Facility national allowed amount: $423.19
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 4.85
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 8.61
- Facility practice expense RVU: 6.83
- Malpractice RVU: 0.99
- Conversion factor: 33.4009
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2026)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu26a-updated-12-29-2025.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU2026_Jan_nonQPP.csv, row 7,110
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/64721/2026/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/64721/2026/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-13T15:11:57+00:00