# CPT 99283

> Medicare paid $62.57 for CPT 99283 in the office (non-facility) setting and $62.57 in a facility under the Q1 2015 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2015. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. Across payment localities, both settings' amount is $56.48–$86.40. This is a 1.0% increase from the previous quarter.

## What it is

Emergency Department Visit, Level 3

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2015 (2015 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2015
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $62.57
- Facility national allowed amount: $62.57
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 1.34
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 0.29
- Facility practice expense RVU: 0.29
- Malpractice RVU: 0.12
- Conversion factor: 35.7547
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2015)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu15a.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU15_V1223c.csv, row 15,957
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/99283/2015/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/99283/2015/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-13T15:11:57+00:00