Table 1.

Raw, consensus, and RVU weights for GI procedures.

GI procedure	Raw weights	Consensus weights*	RVU weights†
Colonoscopy	1	1.0	2.82 – 5.86
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy	1	0.5	1.90 – 5.50
Enteroscopy (push or single balloon)	1	1.5	2.59 – 7.46
Endoscopic ultrasound	1	1.5	3.98 – 7.30
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography	1	1.5	2.24 – 20.39
Flexible sigmoidoscopy	1	0.5	0.80 – 4.05
Luminal stent (small bowel or colon)	1	1.5	2.94 – 6.54
Abdominal paracentesis	1	1.0	1.24
Liver biopsy	1	0.5	1.90

RVU, relative value units.

^*Adapted from Lurix et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 2012;75(4):827–834.

^†For each GI procedure, reported Current Procedural Terminology codes were extracted from the medical record and corresponding RVU weights specified by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services were recorded; the highest RVU among procedure codes recorded for each individual procedure was used.