# CPT 66982

> Medicare paid $813.04 for CPT 66982 in the office (non-facility) setting and $813.04 in a facility under the Q1 2019 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2019. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. Across payment localities, both settings' amount is $745.02–$1,049.46. This is a 0.3% decrease from the previous quarter.

## What it is

Complex Cataract Surgery With Lens Implant

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2019 (2019 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2019
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $813.04
- Facility national allowed amount: $813.04
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 11.08
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 10.69
- Facility practice expense RVU: 10.69
- Malpractice RVU: 0.79
- Conversion factor: 36.0391
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2019)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu19a.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU19_V1213.csv, row 11,459
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/66982/2019/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/66982/2019/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-13T15:11:57+00:00