The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 45190 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Destruction Procedures on the Rectum.

Debridement of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections (CPT codes 11004-11006, and 11008) are inpatient only procedure codes.

44120 in category: Enterectomy, resection of small intestine.

You should report CPT code 44146 (see Table 1). Although the CPT descriptor includes the term “colostomy,” the Medicare physician fee schedule work relative value unit (RVU) for this code is based on creation of either a colostomy or an ileostomy.