# CPT 76856

> Medicare paid $112.69 for CPT 76856 in the office (non-facility) setting and $112.69 in a facility under the Q3 2017 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2017. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2017, when it increased 1.2%.

## What it is

A full ultrasound survey of the pelvis performed through the lower abdominal wall, usually with a full bladder acting as a window. Complete means the sonographer documents the whole expected set of structures - uterus, both ovaries and adnexa, the bladder, and any free fluid in the pelvis - rather than answering one narrow question about a single organ, which is what the limited version of the study covers. It is the non-obstetric study, so it is not the scan used to follow a pregnancy.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2017 (2017 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2017
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $112.69
- Facility national allowed amount: $112.69
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 0.69
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 2.40
- Facility practice expense RVU: 2.40
- Malpractice RVU: 0.05
- Conversion factor: 35.8887
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q3 2017)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu17c.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU17_JULY_V0503.csv, row 12,530
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/76856/2017/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/76856/2017/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:07:49+00:00