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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

45135 Rectal prolapse excision Medicare reimbursement rates in Missouri

Reports abdominal surgery to excise rectal prolapse, distinguished from perineal excision and from procedures that suspend the rectum without excising it. Compare 45135 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Missouri.

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 45135 in Missouri?

Missouri has 3 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 3 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.

Office / nonfacility

No supported rate

Facility setting

$1143.22–$1178.85

3 of 3 localities have a supported rate.

Lowest: Rest Of Missouri

Highest: Metropolitan St. Louis

A spread of $35.63 per service.

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.

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Where 45135 pays more and less in Missouri

Colorectal surgery

About 45135: Abdominal excision of rectal prolapse

Reports abdominal surgery to excise rectal prolapse, distinguished from perineal excision and from procedures that suspend the rectum without excising it.

This code describes an abdominal operation to remove tissue involved in rectal prolapse. A colorectal or general surgeon typically performs the procedure in a hospital operating room for a patient whose prolapse is being treated through an abdominal approach. The operative report should make the approach and excision clear, and describe the prolapse and any reconstruction performed. It is distinct from perineal excision, which uses a different operative route.

Choose this code when the documented operation excises the prolapsed rectum through an abdominal approach; do not select it solely because the surgeon treats prolapse. The code has a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures occur in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.

CMS billing rules for 45135

Global period
Major surgery with a 90-day global period: the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included.
Multiple procedures
Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
Bilateral procedures
Bilateral adjustment does not apply; the descriptor or anatomy makes modifier 50 inappropriate.
Assistant at surgery
Assistant at surgery may be paid.
Co-surgeons
Co-surgeons paid only with supporting documentation.
Team surgery
Team surgery not permitted.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU21.80 · 61%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU10.88 · 30%
  • Malpractice RVU3.13 · 9%

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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.

45135 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Missouri, from the same CMS release.

45130

Rectal prolapse repair

Perineal mucosal excision

No office rate

Both codes address excision of rectal prolapse, but 45135 uses an abdominal approach and 45130 uses a perineal approach.

45540

Rectal prolapse repair

Abdominal approach

No office rate

45540 describes abdominal rectopexy to treat prolapse. Use 45135 when the documented operation includes abdominal excision of prolapsed rectal tissue.

45550

Rectal repair

With sigmoid resection

No office rate

45550 combines abdominal rectopexy with sigmoid resection. Distinguish it from 45135 by the documented procedure and whether rectopexy with sigmoid resection was performed.

Compare 45135 by payment locality

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3 of 3 payment localities

Office and facility base rates · shared scale starting at $0

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45135 billing questions

How does this differ from 45130?

45135 is for excision of rectal prolapse through an abdominal approach. 45130 describes the perineal approach; follow the operative report rather than the diagnosis alone.

Is rectopexy alone reported with this code?

No. This code describes excision of prolapsed rectal tissue through an abdominal approach. A rectopexy without excision is a different procedure, such as 45540.

Can modifier 50 be used?

No. CMS identifies bilateral adjustment as inappropriate for this code.

What postoperative care is included?

The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.

How are other procedures in the same session paid?

The highest-valued procedure is paid in full, and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple-procedure reduction. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeons require supporting documentation.

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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