# CPT 97610

> Medicare paid $451.38 for CPT 97610 in the office (non-facility) setting and $17.96 in a facility under the Q1 2023 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2023. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. Across payment localities, the office amount is $384.35–$631.49 and the facility amount is $17.19–$25.01. This is a 3.7% decrease from the previous quarter.

## What it is

Low-Frequency Ultrasound Wound Treatment

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2023 (2023 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2023
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $451.38
- Facility national allowed amount: $17.96
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 0.40
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 12.91
- Facility practice expense RVU: 0.12
- Malpractice RVU: 0.01
- Conversion factor: 33.8872
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2023)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu23a-updated-01/31/2023.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU23_JAN.csv, row 17,766
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/97610/2023/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/97610/2023/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-13T15:11:57+00:00