CPT 49442 Percutaneous placement of cecostomy or other colonic tube under fluoroscopic guidance including contrast injection(s), image documentation and report
Last reviewed: July 4, 2026
Interventional RadiologyGlobal Period: 10 daysCMS RVU26C July 2026
RVU Values (CMS PFS RVU26C July 2026)
3.66
Work RVU
18.18
PE RVU (non-facility)
0.36
MP RVU
22.20
Total RVU
Estimated Medicare Payment: $741.50 (CF $33.4009)
When CPT 49442 Is Used
This code belongs to the gastrostomy, PEG, G-tube, GJ-tube, jejunostomy, and feeding-tube procedure family. Match the code to approach, tube type, imaging or endoscopic guidance, replacement versus new placement, and whether gastrostomy tract revision was required.
ClaimIQ Checks
- Assistant-at-surgery indicator: 0; assistant payment not allowed by CMS indicator.
- Co-surgery indicator: 0.
- Multiple-procedure indicator: 2; Case Builder ranks this family through the MPPR engine.
- Common diagnoses: K94.23, K94.29, Z43.1, Z93.1.
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PEG, PEG tube, G-tube, gastrostomy tube, feeding tube, PEG replacement, G-tube exchange, dislodged gastrostomy tube, clogged feeding tube, leaking PEG, infected PEG.