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    "code": "81002",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/81002/2014/B",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/81002/2019/D",
    "description": "The simplest urine test: a reagent strip dipped into a urine sample and read by eye against a color chart, with no microscope step and no automated analyzer. It gives a quick read on protein, glucose, blood, ketones, nitrites, leukocyte esterase, specific gravity, and pH. What distinguishes it from its siblings is that nothing is examined under the microscope and the reading is manual rather than instrument-based - it is the most bare-bones member of the urinalysis family and one of the most frequently performed office tests of any kind.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "Did Medicare pay separately for CPT 81002 in Q4 2019?",
        "text": "Not at a published national rate. CPT 81002 carries status X (statutory exclusion) in the Q4 2019 release. The statutory definition of physician services does not include this item. Treat the blank amount as unpriced, not as $0."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2019,
        "quarter": "D",
        "label": "Q4 2019",
        "effective": "October 1 – December 31, 2019",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "X",
        "non_facility_payable": false,
        "facility_payable": false
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": null,
        "facility": null,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": null,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": null,
        "practice_expense_facility": null,
        "malpractice": null
    },
    "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": 13835,
        "sha256": "4efa7bdbffa98a56affa6d5b05e25d7ac5c39f26c7b281d0c773e7e530767cae"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:09:13+00:00"
}