{
    "code": "88312",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/88312/2021/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/88312/2021/B",
    "description": "An extra stain applied to a tissue slide to make infectious organisms visible, along with the pathologist's reading of the result. Routine staining shows the architecture of tissue but leaves most bacteria, fungi, and mycobacteria essentially invisible, so a targeted chemical stain is used to pick them out against the background. Silver stains for fungi and acid-fast stains for tuberculosis-type organisms are the familiar examples. This is the microorganism arm of a two-part family; stains aimed at anything other than organisms are reported with the companion code.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 88312 in Q2 2021?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $113.05 for CPT 88312 in the office (non-facility) setting and $113.05 in a facility under the Q2 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 2021. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2021, when it increased 5.5%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2021,
        "quarter": "B",
        "label": "Q2 2021",
        "effective": "April 1 – June 30, 2021",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 113.05,
        "facility": 113.05,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 0.54,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 2.68,
        "practice_expense_facility": 2.68,
        "malpractice": 0.02
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 34.8931,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q2 2021)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu21b-updated-03022021.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2021/B",
        "file": "PPRRVU21_APR.csv",
        "row": 15470,
        "sha256": "524bee7096166c9011a4ea02189783ef8c91f4d444585e5b2d561b879f9262de"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:10:33+00:00"
}