# CPT 99483

> Medicare paid $282.63 for CPT 99483 in the office (non-facility) setting and $198.89 in a facility under the Q1 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2021. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This is a 6.5% increase from the previous quarter.

## What it is

A single, unusually thorough visit built around a patient with confirmed or suspected cognitive decline, ending in a written care plan. The clinician works through the patient's thinking and memory using a standardized tool, reviews medications for drugs that worsen confusion, checks safety issues such as driving and living alone, screens for depression and behavioural symptoms, and assesses how much the caregiver is carrying. It is far broader than a routine visit for the same patient, and the deliverable is a documented plan shared with the patient and caregiver.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2021 (2021 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2021
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $282.63
- Facility national allowed amount: $198.89
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 3.80
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 4.05
- Facility practice expense RVU: 1.65
- Malpractice RVU: 0.25
- Conversion factor: 34.8931
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2021)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu21a-updated-01052021.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU21_JAN.csv, row 17,304
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/99483/2021/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/99483/2021/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:10:16+00:00