# CPT 65756

> Medicare paid $1,205.50 for CPT 65756 in the office (non-facility) setting and $1,205.50 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 0.3%.

## What it is

A partial-thickness corneal transplant in which only the innermost layer is replaced. The endothelium is the single sheet of pump cells lining the back of the cornea that keeps it clear by drawing fluid out; when those cells fail the cornea swells and vision clouds. The surgeon strips the diseased layer and slides a thin donor disc into the eye, floating it into place with an air or gas bubble instead of stitching in a full-thickness graft. Recovery is faster and the eye structurally stronger than with a traditional full-thickness transplant.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2017 (2017 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2017
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $1205.50
- Facility national allowed amount: $1205.50
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 16.84
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 15.53
- Facility practice expense RVU: 15.53
- Malpractice RVU: 1.22
- 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 11,015
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/65756/2017/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/65756/2017/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:07:49+00:00