# CPT 93971

> Medicare paid $122.81 for CPT 93971 in the office (non-facility) setting and $122.81 in a facility under the Q1 2016 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2016. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This is a 0.4% decrease from the previous quarter.

## What it is

The same combined imaging-and-Doppler vein study of an arm or leg, but done on one side only or restricted to part of the limb. It answers a narrower question than the full bilateral exam - for example checking just the leg that hurts, or re-checking a segment that was abnormal on an earlier scan. The technique at the probe is identical; the difference is how much territory is covered.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2016 (2016 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2016
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $122.81
- Facility national allowed amount: $122.81
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 0.45
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 2.93
- Facility practice expense RVU: 2.93
- Malpractice RVU: 0.05
- Conversion factor: 35.8043
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2016)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu16a.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU16_V0122.csv, row 15,517
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/93971/2016/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/93971/2016/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:06:29+00:00