CPT code 43882: Electrode revision/removal, open approach2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in California

CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 43882 in California.

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 43882 covers

Code 43882 describes open surgery to revise or remove electrodes used for gastric electrical stimulation, positioned at the stomach’s antrum. A surgeon performs the procedure when an existing gastric stimulator electrode requires operative correction or removal; the service concerns the electrodes, not the pulse generator. Gastric electrical stimulation is used for selected patients with severe, persistent gastroparesis, including diabetic gastroparesis. The procedure is typically performed in a hospital operating room.

For Medicare physician fee schedule purposes, status C means CMS publishes no national payment and the Medicare Administrative Contractor sets payment for each claim. The contractor also sets the global period. For multiple procedures performed in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are reduced. A separate code describes revision or removal of the pulse generator or receiver when that component is treated.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

Where 43882 pays more and less in California

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

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How the 43882 rate is calculated

Each of 43882’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 43882

The CMS indicators that decide how 43882 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

43882 compared with similar codes

How to choose

43881Gastric electrodesOpen antral procedure

Choose 43881 for open implantation or replacement of the gastric electrodes. Choose 43882 for revision or removal of existing electrodes.

43648Electrode revisionGastric neurostimulator

Both codes describe electrode revision or removal; 43648 is laparoscopic, while 43882 is open.

64595Generator revisionSacral or gastric system

64595 describes revision or removal of the neurostimulator pulse generator or receiver. Code 43882 describes the gastric electrode leads.

Codes related to 43882

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

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