# CPT 87502

> Not at a published national rate. CPT 87502 carries status X (statutory exclusion) in the Q4 2022 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 does not just find influenza but sorts out which influenza it is - A versus B, and A subtypes such as H1 or H3. The virus carries its genetic code as RNA, so the lab first converts it to DNA, then amplifies several targets in one reaction so a single run can tell types apart. This code covers the first pair of types or subtypes found in that run; further targets in the same panel are reported with a companion code.

## Selected release

- Release: Q4 2022 (2022 D)
- Effective: October 1 – December 31, 2022
- 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: 34.6062
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q4 2022)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu22d.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU22_OCT.csv, row 15,611
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/87502/2014/B
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/87502/2022/D
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:12:03+00:00