# CPT 66984

> Medicare paid $656.27 for CPT 66984 in the office (non-facility) setting and $656.27 in a facility under the Q3 2018 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2018. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2018, when it increased 0.8%.

## What it is

Removal of a cataractous lens with insertion of an artificial intraocular lens, performed in a single stage. It is one of the highest-volume surgical procedures in older adults.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2018 (2018 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2018
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $656.27
- Facility national allowed amount: $656.27
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 8.52
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 9.11
- Facility practice expense RVU: 9.11
- Malpractice RVU: 0.60
- Conversion factor: 35.9996
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q3 2018)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu18c1.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU18_JUL.csv, row 11,254
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/66984/2018/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/66984/2018/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:08:27+00:00