No office rate
Choose 44146 when the operation includes both the low pelvic anastomosis and a colostomy. 44145 describes the low pelvic anastomosis without that colostomy.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
44146 Partial colectomy Medicare reimbursement rates in New Jersey
Open partial colon resection with a low pelvic connection to the rectum and creation of a colostomy is reported for selected colorectal conditions. Compare 44146 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in New Jersey.
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 44146 in New Jersey?
New Jersey has 2 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 2 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
No supported rate
Facility setting
$2062.12–$2116.84
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
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.
Colorectal surgery
About 44146: Partial colectomy with low pelvic anastomosis and colostomy
Open partial colon resection with a low pelvic connection to the rectum and creation of a colostomy is reported for selected colorectal conditions.
This code represents an open operation removing part of the colon, joining the remaining colon to the rectum low in the pelvis, and creating a colostomy. General or colorectal surgeons may perform it in a hospital operating room for conditions such as rectosigmoid cancer or complicated diverticular disease when resection and a low pelvic anastomosis are performed along with a colostomy. The operative report should establish the bowel removed, the low pelvic connection, and the colostomy created.
Report this code when all three elements are performed; a partial colectomy with a low pelvic anastomosis but no colostomy is a different service. The resection, anastomosis, and colostomy are represented together rather than as separate component procedures. CMS assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 44146
- 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 RVU34.42 · 59%
- Practice expense (office) RVU15.82 · 27%
- Malpractice RVU7.90 · 14%
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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.
44146 compared with similar codes
Office rates for New Jersey, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
44140 is a partial colectomy with anastomosis, but it does not specify the low pelvic coloproctostomy and colostomy combination represented by 44146.
No office rate
44143 describes an end colostomy with closure of the distal bowel. Use 44146 when the colon is connected to the rectum low in the pelvis and a colostomy is also created.
No office rate
44147 identifies a partial colectomy performed through abdominal and transanal approaches; 44146 identifies the low pelvic anastomosis with colostomy combination.
Compare 44146 by payment locality
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2 of 2 payment localities
Northern Nj →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$2116.84
Rest Of New Jersey →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$2062.12
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44146 billing questions
How does this differ from 44145?
Both involve a partial colectomy with a low pelvic connection to the rectum. This code also includes creation of a colostomy; 44145 is the relevant sibling when no colostomy is created.
Can the colostomy be billed separately from this procedure?
The colostomy is part of the service represented by this code. The operative documentation should show that it was created as part of the same operation.
What should the operative report document?
Document the colon resected, the low pelvic anastomosis to the rectum, and the colostomy. Those details distinguish this service from other partial colectomy procedures.
How are other procedures in the same session paid?
Under the standard multiple procedure reduction, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are paid at 50% when performed in the same session.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation; team surgery is not permitted.
What care is included in the global period?
The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.
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.
5,35044143,,Partial removal of colon,A,,27.10,12.13,NA,12.13,,6.60,45.83,45.83,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,35144144,,Partial removal of colon,A,,29.16,12.76,NA,12.76,,7.02,48.94,48.94,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,35244145,,Partial removal of colon,A,,27.87,11.33,NA,11.33,,6.17,45.37,45.37,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,35344146,,Partial removal of colon,A,,34.42,15.82,NA,15.82,,7.90,58.14,58.14,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,35444147,,Partial removal of colon,A,,32.85,12.46,NA,12.46,,7.35,52.66,52.66,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,35544150,,Removal of colon,A,,29.43,15.59,NA,15.59,,6.79,51.81,51.81,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,35644151,,Removal of colon/ileostomy,A,,34.05,17.03,NA,17.03,,9.13,60.21,60.21,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00