44715
No office ratePrepare donor intestine
Choose 44715 for donor intestine backbench preparation without the venous anastomosis described by 44720.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
44720 Intestine preparation Medicare reimbursement rates in Arkansas
Reports backbench preparation of a cadaver donor intestine for transplantation when the preparation includes a venous anastomosis. Compare 44720 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Arkansas.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for 44720 in Arkansas?
Arkansas has 1 payment locality in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the payment area shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
No supported rate
Facility setting
$219.39
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Arkansas
One mapped payment locality.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Transplant surgery
About 44720: Donor intestine preparation with venous anastomosis
Reports backbench preparation of a cadaver donor intestine for transplantation when the preparation includes a venous anastomosis.
A transplant surgeon prepares a cadaver donor intestine on the back table before implantation into the recipient. The work includes preparing the donor bowel and its mesenteric vessels, with a venous anastomosis as part of that preparation. This is an organ-preparation service, separate from the operation that implants the intestine in the recipient.
Select this code when the documented backbench preparation includes the venous anastomosis; preparation without that feature is represented by a different code in the family, and arterial anastomosis has its own sibling code. The operative report should identify the donor organ preparation and describe the venous work performed. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, CMS pays the highest-valued procedure in full and applies the standard multiple procedure reduction to the others, which are paid at 50%.
CMS billing rules for 44720
- Multiple procedures
- Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU4.88 · 66%
- Practice expense (office) RVU1.18 · 16%
- Malpractice RVU1.31 · 18%
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.
44720 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Arkansas, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
Choose 44721 when the backbench preparation includes an arterial anastomosis; 44720 identifies venous anastomosis.
44132
No office rateEnterectomy cadaver donor
44132 reports the intestinal allotransplantation in the recipient. 44720 reports preparation of the donor intestine before implantation.
Compare 44720 by payment locality
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1 of 1 payment localities
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Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$219.39
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How this local rate is calculated
Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for 44720 in Arkansas.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
5,444
- Code
- 44720
- Physician work
- 4.88
- Practice expense
- 1.18
- Malpractice
- 1.31
GPCI2026.csv
7
- Locality
- Arkansas
- Physician work
- 1.000
- Practice expense
- 0.859
- Malpractice
- 0.515
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 4.88 | × 1.000 | 4.8800 |
| Practice expense | 1.18 | × 0.859 | 1.0136 |
| Malpractice | 1.31 | × 0.515 | 0.6747 |
| Total RVUs | 6.5683 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Arkansas$219.39
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 4.88 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 1.18 | 0.859 |
| Malpractice | 1.31 | 0.515 |
(4.88 × 1 + 1.18 × 0.859 + 1.31 × 0.515) × $33.4009 = $219.39
The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.
44720 billing questions
How does 44720 differ from 44715?
44720 is for backbench preparation that includes a venous anastomosis. 44715 represents donor intestine preparation without that venous feature.
When is 44721 used instead?
Use 44721 when the donor intestine preparation includes an arterial anastomosis. The distinction from 44720 is the vessel addressed during backbench preparation.
Is 44720 the recipient's intestinal transplant operation?
No. It reports preparation of the donor intestine before implantation; the recipient transplant operation is a separate service.
What documentation supports reporting 44720?
The operative report should identify backbench preparation of the cadaver donor intestine and describe the venous anastomosis performed.
How does the multiple procedure rule affect payment?
For multiple procedures in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others are paid at 50%.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
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