{
    "code": "67036",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/67036/2019/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/67036/2019/D",
    "description": "Surgical removal of the vitreous gel from the back of the eye. The surgeon opens tiny ports through the pars plana — a quiet band of the eye wall just behind the iris where instruments can enter without harming the retina or the lens — then works with a cutting probe, a fiber-optic light, and an infusion line to take out the gel and replace it with clear fluid. This code stands for the vitrectomy on its own; separate codes apply when the surgeon also peels a membrane, repairs a detachment, or retrieves a foreign body in the same operation.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 67036 in Q4 2019?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $922.96 for CPT 67036 in the office (non-facility) setting and $922.96 in a facility under the Q4 2019 Physician Fee Schedule, effective October 2019. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2019, when it decreased 0.2%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2019,
        "quarter": "D",
        "label": "Q4 2019",
        "effective": "October 1 – December 31, 2019",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 922.96,
        "facility": 922.96,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 12.13,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 12.6,
        "practice_expense_facility": 12.6,
        "malpractice": 0.88
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 36.0391,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q4 2019)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu19d.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2019/D",
        "file": "PPRRVU19_OCT.csv",
        "row": 11560,
        "sha256": "4efa7bdbffa98a56affa6d5b05e25d7ac5c39f26c7b281d0c773e7e530767cae"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:09:13+00:00"
}