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Relative Value Units – One element in the formula used to calculate the Medicare allowance for a given service in a specific fee schedule area; each Medicare physician fee schedule service is assigned RVUs for physician work, for practice expenses and malpractice expenses.
Further reading –
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_value_unit