CPT 48556 Removal of pancreatic transplant
RVU Snapshot
- Work RVU: 18.98
- PE RVU: 13.27
- MP RVU: 5.06
- Total RVU: 37.31
- Estimated Medicare payment: $1,246.19
- Global period: 90 days
- Assistant surgeon indicator: 2
- Co-surgeon indicator: 2
- Team surgeon indicator: 2
- Bilateral indicator: 0
- Multiple procedure indicator: 2
Pancreas Coding Note
Select CPT 48556 from the documented operative facts, approach, anatomic target, and separately supported work. Case Builder uses this same total-RVU Medicare estimate and applies modifier or MPPR adjustments only at the case level.
Related Phase A Codes
CPT 48001 - Placement of drains peripancreatic for acute pancreatitis with cholecystostomy gastrostomy and jejunostomy CPT 48020 - Removal of pancreatic calculus CPT 48100 - Biopsy of pancreas, open CPT 48102 - Needle biopsy of pancreas, percutaneous CPT 48105 - Resection of peripancreatic tumor CPT 48120 - Excision of pancreatic lesion CPT 48140 - Pancreatectomy, distal subtotal CPT 48145 - Distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy CPT 48146 - Pancreatectomy, distal, with near-total CPT 48148 - Excision of ampulla of Vater CPT 48150 - Pancreatectomy, proximal subtotal with total duodenectomy, partial gastrectomy, choledochoenterostomy and gastroenterostomy (Whipple-type procedure) CPT 48152 - Whipple with pancreatojejunostomySource: CMS PFS RVU26C July 2026 non-QPP (PPRRVU2026_Jul_nonQPP.csv). Educational coding support only; confirm final billing against AMA CPT, CMS MPFS, NCCI, and payer policy.