# CPT 97112

> Medicare paid $35.68 for CPT 97112 in the office (non-facility) setting and $35.68 in a facility under the Q3 2019 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2019. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2019, when it increased 0.1%.

## What it is

Hands-on therapy aimed at retraining the nervous system's control of movement — balance, coordination, posture, and the sense of where a limb is in space without looking at it. A therapist works directly with one patient through drills such as standing on an unstable surface, guiding a weak arm to reach accurately, or rebuilding a normal walking pattern after a stroke. What sets it apart from general strengthening exercise is the target: the brain-to-muscle control loop rather than the muscle itself. Time is counted in 15-minute blocks of direct one-on-one contact.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2019 (2019 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2019
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $35.68
- Facility national allowed amount: $35.68
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 0.50
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 0.47
- Facility practice expense RVU: 0.47
- Malpractice RVU: 0.02
- Conversion factor: 36.0391
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q3 2019)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu19c.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU19_JUL.csv, row 16,711
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/97112/2019/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/97112/2019/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:09:02+00:00