# CPT 99442

> Medicare paid $76.15 for CPT 99442 in the office (non-facility) setting and $52.33 in a facility under the Q3 2020 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2020. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment.

## What it is

The middle time band of the audio-only telephone consultation family: a voice call between an established patient and their physician or other qualified clinician, with medical discussion running roughly eleven to twenty minutes. The service is the same as the shorter and longer versions — history taking, assessment, and a plan delivered over the phone — and only the amount of discussion time separates them.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2020 (2020 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2020
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $76.15
- Facility national allowed amount: $52.33
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 0.97
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 1.06
- Facility practice expense RVU: 0.40
- Malpractice RVU: 0.08
- Conversion factor: 36.0896
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q3 2020)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu20c-updated-06192020.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU20_V0618.csv, row 17,262
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/99442/2020/B
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/99442/2020/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:09:46+00:00