{
    "code": "74019",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/74019/2021/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/74019/2021/A",
    "description": "Two plain radiographs of the abdomen taken from different positions - commonly one with the patient lying flat and one upright or on the side. The second view is what earns this code over the single-film study: air and fluid separate under gravity, so an upright or decubitus picture can reveal free air outside the bowel or the stepped fluid levels that suggest an obstruction. Larger series with three or more views, or with an added chest film, are coded separately.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 74019 in Q1 2021?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $37.68 for CPT 74019 in the office (non-facility) setting and $37.68 in a facility under the Q1 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2021. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This is a 3.4% increase from the previous quarter."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2021,
        "quarter": "A",
        "label": "Q1 2021",
        "effective": "January 1 – March 31, 2021",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 37.68,
        "facility": 37.68,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 0.23,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 0.83,
        "practice_expense_facility": 0.83,
        "malpractice": 0.02
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 34.8931,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q1 2021)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu21a-updated-01052021.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2021/A",
        "file": "PPRRVU21_JAN.csv",
        "row": 12615,
        "sha256": "8e6212d64ca58c6a20c44ea319d2148c49156b1fe63a6b68e64a5b0695b0e674"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:10:16+00:00"
}