# CPT 87500

> Not at a published national rate. CPT 87500 carries status X (statutory exclusion) in the Q4 2024 release. The statutory definition of physician services does not include this item. Treat the blank amount as unpriced, not as $0.

## What it is

A molecular test that looks for the genes making enterococcus bacteria resistant to vancomycin, typically vanA or vanB. Instead of growing the organism and challenging it with antibiotics over several days, the lab copies and detects the resistance gene itself from a swab or culture and has an answer within hours. It settles one narrow question: is the resistance gene there or not.

## Selected release

- Release: Q4 2024 (2024 D)
- Effective: October 1 – December 31, 2024
- Status indicator: X
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: not published
- Facility national allowed amount: not published
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: not published
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: not published
- Facility practice expense RVU: not published
- Malpractice RVU: not published
- Conversion factor: 33.2875
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q4 2024)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu24d.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU24_OCT.csv, row 16,558
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/87500/2014/B
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/87500/2024/D
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:14:25+00:00