Billing code 44005: Bowel adhesiolysisMedicare rate & RVUs in Redding

In Redding, Medicare pays $985.94 for 44005 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 44005 covers

The surgeon reaches the abdominal cavity through an incision and carefully divides adhesions that tether or obstruct the bowel. General surgeons commonly perform this in a hospital operating room when adhesions are the focus of treatment, such as in a patient with adhesive small-bowel obstruction. This code represents open surgery; laparoscopic freeing of bowel adhesions is reported with a different code.

Report 44005 when the adhesiolysis is a distinct procedure, rather than routine release of adhesions needed to expose or complete another abdominal operation. The operative note should describe the adhesions, the bowel involved, and the work performed to free it. The day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included in the major-surgery global period. When multiple procedures are performed in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Modifier 50 is not appropriate for this unpaired bowel procedure. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeons require supporting documentation, and team surgery is 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 Redding compares for 44005

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 44005 runs from $904.23 in Wisconsin to $1,270.31 in Alaska*. Redding pays $985.94. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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How the 44005 rate is calculated

Each of 44005’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 44005

44005 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 44005

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

How 44005 has changed in Redding

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Where the Redding rate applies

Redding is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 32 cities and communities in California. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

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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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