2006 proposed fee schedule - American Society of Clinical Oncology

ADDENDUM B: RELATIVE VALUE UNITS (RVUs) AND RELATED INFORMATION
Physician
work
Facility
PE
RVUs
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3 +Indicates RVUs are not used for Medicare payment.
Malpractice
RVUs
Nonfacility
Total
CPT 1 /
HCPCS 2 Mod Status Description
RVUs 3
Non-facility
Facility
PE RVUs
Total Global
20220 A Bone biopsy, trocar/needle 1.27 4.29 0.79 0.08 5.65 2.15 000
20225 A Bone biopsy, trocar/needle 1.87 22.84 1.17 0.22 24.94 3.27 000
20240 A Bone biopsy, excisional 3.24 NA 2.48 0.44 NA 6.16 010
20245 A Bone biopsy, excisional 7.79 NA 6.39 1.31 NA 15.48 010
20250 A Open bone biopsy 5.03 NA 3.45 1.02 NA 9.50 010
20251 A Open bone biopsy 5.56 NA 4.09 1.15 NA 10.80 010
20500 A Injection of sinus tract 1.23 2.10 1.46 0.12 3.46 2.81 010
20501 A Inject sinus tract for x-ray 0.76 2.87 0.26 0.04 3.67 1.06 000
20520 A Removal of foreign body 1.85 2.81 1.70 0.21 4.88 3.77 010
20525 A Removal of foreign body 3.50 8.59 2.55 0.51 12.60 6.55 010
20526 A Ther injection, carp tunnel 0.94 0.94 0.51 0.13 2.01 1.58 000
20550 A Inj tendon sheath/ligament 0.75 0.69 0.23 0.09 1.54 1.07 000
20551 A Inj tendon origin/insertion 0.75 0.67 0.32 0.08 1.50 1.15 000
20552 A Inj trigger point, 1/2 muscl 0.66 0.70 0.20 0.05 1.41 0.91 000
20553 A Inject trigger points, =/> 3 0.75 0.79 0.21 0.04 1.58 1.00 000
20600 A Drain/inject, joint/bursa 0.66 0.66 0.35 0.08 1.40 1.09 000
20605 A Drain/inject, joint/bursa 0.68 0.75 0.35 0.08 1.52 1.11 000
20610 A Drain/inject, joint/bursa 0.79 0.92 0.41 0.11 1.83 1.31 000
20612 A Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 0.70 0.70 0.35 0.10 1.50 1.15 000
20615 A Treatment of bone cyst 2.28 3.38 1.82 0.20 5.87 4.31 010
20650 A Insert and remove bone pin 2.23 2.35 1.54 0.31 4.90 4.09 010
20660 A Apply, rem fixation device 2.52 2.95 1.58 0.59 6.05 4.68 000
20661 A Application of head brace 4.89 NA 4.82 1.14 NA 10.85 090
20662 A Application of pelvis brace 6.07 NA 5.39 0.56 NA 12.02 090
20663 A Application of thigh brace 5.43 NA 4.71 0.94 NA 11.08 090
20664 A Halo brace application 8.07 NA 6.89 1.74 NA 16.70 090
20665 A Removal of fixation device 1.31 2.06 1.32 0.19 3.57 2.82 010
20670 A Removal of support implant 1.74 10.66 2.02 0.28 12.68 4.04 010
20680 A Removal of support implant 3.35 8.36 3.59 0.56 12.27 7.50 090
20690 A Apply bone fixation device 3.52 NA 2.45 0.59 NA 6.56 090