# CPT 76856

> Medicare paid $111.52 for CPT 76856 in the office (non-facility) setting and $111.52 in a facility under the Q1 2020 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2020. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This is a 0.1% increase from the previous quarter.

## 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: Q1 2020 (2020 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2020
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $111.52
- Facility national allowed amount: $111.52
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 0.69
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 2.36
- Facility practice expense RVU: 2.36
- Malpractice RVU: 0.04
- Conversion factor: 36.0896
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2020)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu20a-updated-01312020.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU20_Jan.csv, row 13,107
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/76856/2020/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/76856/2020/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:09:22+00:00