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44128 Enterectomy cong add-on

What 44128 is

CMS fee schedule short descriptor: Enterectomy cong add-on.

Full CPT long descriptions are licensed by the American Medical Association and are not published on this site; the short descriptor above is the one CMS prints in its own fee schedule file. See About CPT.

Medicare payment for 44128 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)4.331.051.166.54$218.44
Facility (hospital, ASC)4.331.051.166.54$218.44

National rates: total RVUs x the CY2026 conversion factor of 33.4009 (non-QP), before geographic adjustment. Actual Medicare payment is 80% of the rate shown after the deductible; the patient or secondary payer owes the 20% coinsurance.


Status: Active - payable under the Physician Fee Schedule. Global period: Add-on code: global period of the primary procedure applies.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps 44128 at 2 units per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 3 - date of service edit (clinical): units above the MUE may pay with documentation on appeal), rationale: Clinical: Data. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with 44128? These codes are bundled into it

44128 is a Column 1 code in 43 active NCCI PTP edits. When one of these Column 2 codes is reported on the same date of service, it is denied as bundled - unless the edit's modifier indicator is 1 and documentation supports a distinct service with an NCCI-associated modifier.

Column 2 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0213TNjx paravert w/us cer/thor1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0216TNjx paravert w/us lumb/sac1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11000Dbrdmt ecz/infected skin<10%1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11001Dbrdmt ecz/infct skn ea addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11004Dbrdmt skin xtrnl gent&per1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11005Dbrdmt skin abdominal wall1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11006Dbrdmt skin xtrnl gent per1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11042Dbrdmt subq tis 1st 20sqcm/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11043Dbrdmt musc&/fsca 1st 20/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11044Dbrdmt bone 1st 20 sq cm/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11045Dbrdmt subq tiss each addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11046Dbrdmt musc&/fsca ea addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
11047Dbrdmt bone each addl1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36000Place needle in vein1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36410Vnpnxr 3yr/> phy/qhp dx/ther1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
43752Nasal/orogastric w/tube plmt1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
44121Removal of small intestine0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
44203Lap resect s/intestine addl0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
44950Appendectomy0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
44970Laparoscopy appendectomy0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
50715Release of ureter1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
61650Evasc prlng admn rx agnt 1st1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
62324Njx interlaminar crv/thrc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
62325Njx interlaminar crv/thrc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
62326Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
62327Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
64415Njx aa&/strd brch plxs img1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
64416Njx aa&/strd brch pl nfs img1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 43 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

44128 is bundled into these codes

44128 appears as a Column 2 code in 5 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, 44128 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
44120Removal of small intestine0Check pair
44125Removal of small intestine0Check pair
44132Enterectomy cadaver donor0Check pair
44133Enterectomy live donor0Check pair
44202Lap enterectomy0Check pair

Data: CMS CY2026 Physician Fee Schedule RVU file (October release, RVU26D) and Medicare NCCI PTP practitioner edits v32.3 (2026 Q4). Verify against the official files before billing or contracting decisions.