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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

45825 Fistula repair Medicare reimbursement rates in Oklahoma

Surgical closure of a communication between the rectum and urethra performed with a colostomy to divert stool and protect the repair. Compare 45825 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Oklahoma.

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 45825 in Oklahoma?

Oklahoma 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

$1365.61

1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.

Payment area: Oklahoma

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.

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Colorectal surgery

About 45825: Rectourethral fistula repair with colostomy

Surgical closure of a communication between the rectum and urethra performed with a colostomy to divert stool and protect the repair.

This operation closes an abnormal passage between the rectum and urethra and creates a colostomy for fecal diversion. Colorectal or urologic surgeons may perform it for a fistula arising after pelvic surgery, radiation, trauma, or another disease process. The repair is typically undertaken in a hospital operating room, where the team can address the pelvic fistula and diversion during the same operative episode.

Report this code when the rectourethral fistula is surgically repaired with a colostomy; the operative report should identify the fistula site, repair performed, and diversion created. CMS assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care. 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. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.

CMS billing rules for 45825

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 RVU23.57 · 54%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU13.90 · 32%
  • Malpractice RVU6.31 · 14%

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.

45825 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Oklahoma, from the same CMS release.

45820

Fistula repair

Rectum to urethra

No office rate

Choose 45825 when rectourethral fistula repair is performed with a colostomy; 45820 represents the related repair without that colostomy circumstance.

45800

Fistula repair

Rectum to bladder

No office rate

45800 concerns a fistula between the rectum and bladder. This code is for a rectourethral fistula repaired with a colostomy.

45805

Fistula repair

Rectovaginal, with colostomy

No office rate

Both involve fistula repair with colostomy, but 45805 is associated with a different fistula site; identify the involved organs in the operative report.

Compare 45825 by payment locality

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1 of 1 payment localities

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

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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 45825 in Oklahoma.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

5,563

Code
45825
Physician work
23.57
Practice expense
13.90
Malpractice
6.31

GPCI2026.csv

86

Locality
Oklahoma
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
0.893
Malpractice
0.777
Facility calculation for 45825 in Oklahoma
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work23.57× 1.00023.5700
Practice expense13.90× 0.89312.4127
Malpractice6.31× 0.7774.9029
Total RVUs40.8856
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Facility rate, Oklahoma$1365.61

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Facility

Facility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work23.571
Practice expense13.90.893
Malpractice6.310.777

(23.57 × 1 + 13.9 × 0.893 + 6.31 × 0.777) × $33.4009 = $1365.61

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.

45825 billing questions

How does this differ from 45820?

Both concern rectourethral fistula repair, but 45825 is the selection when the repair is performed with a colostomy. Use 45820 when the applicable repair is performed without that colostomy.

Is the colostomy part of the service?

The code identifies rectourethral fistula repair performed with a colostomy. Document the diversion and its relationship to the repair; do not infer separate reporting from the presence of a colostomy alone.

Does modifier 50 apply?

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

Can an assistant surgeon be paid?

CMS permits assistant-at-surgery payment for this code. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, while team surgery is not permitted.

What postoperative care is included?

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

What happens when another procedure is performed in the same session?

Under the standard multiple-procedure reduction, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are reduced to 50% when performed in the same session.

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.

RVUs for 45825PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 5,563 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for OklahomaGPCI2026.csv, line 86 (RVU26D)