# CPT 99285

> Medicare paid $176.23 for CPT 99285 in the office (non-facility) setting and $176.23 in a facility under the Q2 2019 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 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

The highest-level emergency department visit — for example, signs of stroke, major trauma, or another condition posing an immediate threat to life or a bodily function. It reflects an extensive work-up (multiple studies, often specialist involvement) and treatment decisions carrying significant risk.

## Selected release

- Release: Q2 2019 (2019 B)
- Effective: April 1 – June 30, 2019
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $176.23
- Facility national allowed amount: $176.23
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 3.80
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 0.74
- Facility practice expense RVU: 0.74
- Malpractice RVU: 0.35
- 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 (Q2 2019)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu19b.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU19_APR.csv, row 16,837
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/99285/2019/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/99285/2019/B
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:08:53+00:00