# CPT 76770

> Medicare paid $134.69 for CPT 76770 in the office (non-facility) setting and $134.69 in a facility under the Q4 2014 Physician Fee Schedule, effective October 2014. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment.

## What it is

A full ultrasound examination of the retroperitoneum - the compartment behind the abdominal cavity - covering the kidneys and the major vessels running through it, with the bladder assessed when relevant. This is the complete version: it works systematically through the required structures rather than targeting one of them. A focused look at a single organ or region in the same area is the limited study, coded separately.

## Selected release

- Release: Q4 2014 (2014 D)
- Effective: October 1 – December 31, 2014
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $134.69
- Facility national allowed amount: $134.69
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 0.74
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 2.97
- Facility practice expense RVU: 2.97
- Malpractice RVU: 0.05
- Conversion factor: 35.8228
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q4 2014)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu14d.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU14_V0815_v5.csv, row 11,989
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/76770/2014/B
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/76770/2014/D
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:05:30+00:00