CPT code 44120: Small-bowel resection, single resection with anastomosis2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Delaware

In Delaware, Medicare pays $1,119.03 for 44120 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

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

What 44120 covers

A surgeon removes one diseased or damaged segment of small intestine and reconnects the remaining bowel ends with an anastomosis. General and colorectal surgeons commonly perform this open abdominal operation for conditions such as bowel obstruction, ischemia, Crohn disease, tumor, or traumatic injury, usually in a hospital operating room. The service includes the resection and the anastomosis; a separate code is not reported for reconnecting the bowel as part of this operation.

Choose 44120 when the operative report supports one small-bowel resection with anastomosis. Document the affected segment, reason for resection, extent of bowel removed, and reconstruction performed. The code has a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. For multiple procedures in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation. Modifier 50 is not used to represent bilateral work, and CMS does not permit team-surgery payment for this code.

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.

How Delaware compares for 44120

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 44120 runs from $1,006.33 in Wisconsin to $1,417.55 in Alaska. Delaware pays $1,119.03. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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44120 rates by state

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How the 44120 rate is calculated

Each of 44120’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 44120

44120 has a 90-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 44120

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

How 44120 has changed in Delaware

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Where the Delaware rate applies

Delaware is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 79 cities and communities in Delaware. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Arden
• Ardencroft
• Ardentown
• Bear
• Bellefonte
• Bethany Beach
• Bethel
• Blades

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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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