CPT code 49422: Catheter removal, tunneled intraperitoneal2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Connecticut

In Connecticut, Medicare pays $214.12 for 49422 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 49422 nationwide

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

What 49422 covers

This code covers removal of a tunneled catheter that enters the peritoneal cavity, including a peritoneal dialysis catheter. A surgeon or other qualified physician may perform the procedure in an operating room or another procedural setting, such as when catheter-related infection or malfunction requires removal, or when the patient no longer needs peritoneal access. The service is removal of the existing catheter, not placement of a replacement device.

Report the code when the tunneled intraperitoneal catheter is actually removed. The operative note should identify the catheter and document its removal; include the clinical reason when available. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple-procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this service. Assistant-at-surgery payment is statutorily restricted, and co-surgeon and team-surgery payment are not permitted.

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 Connecticut compares for 49422

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 49422 runs from $177.90 in Wisconsin to $255.04 in Alaska. Connecticut pays $214.12. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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49422 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 49422 rate is calculated

Each of 49422’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 49422

The CMS indicators that decide how 49422 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 49422

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

How 49422 has changed in Connecticut

Price 49422 for an earlier date of service

Where the Connecticut rate applies

Connecticut is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 215 cities and communities in Connecticut. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Ansonia
• Ball Pond
• Baltic
• Bantam
• Bethel
• Bethlehem Village
• Bigelow Corners
• Blue Hills

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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.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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