diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/_internals/where.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/_internals/where.py
index 9f36499586b..0c754317185 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/_internals/where.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/_internals/where.py
@@ -110,9 +110,7 @@ def _make_categorical_like(result, column):
     if isinstance(column, cudf.core.column.CategoricalColumn):
         result = cudf.core.column.build_categorical_column(
             categories=column.categories,
-            codes=cudf.core.column.NumericalColumn(
-                result.base_data, dtype=result.dtype
-            ),
+            codes=result,
             mask=result.base_mask,
             size=result.size,
             offset=result.offset,
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/categorical.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/categorical.py
index d25983842f9..66aed38bffd 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/categorical.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/categorical.py
@@ -659,10 +659,7 @@ def slice(self, start: int, stop: int, stride: int | None = None) -> Self:
             Self,
             cudf.core.column.build_categorical_column(
                 categories=self.categories,
-                codes=cudf.core.column.NumericalColumn(
-                    codes.base_data,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-                    dtype=codes.dtype,
-                ),
+                codes=codes,
                 mask=codes.base_mask,
                 ordered=self.ordered,
                 size=codes.size,
@@ -734,10 +731,7 @@ def sort_values(
         codes = self.codes.sort_values(ascending, na_position)
         col = column.build_categorical_column(
             categories=self.dtype.categories._values,
-            codes=cudf.core.column.NumericalColumn(
-                codes.base_data,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-                dtype=codes.dtype,
-            ),
+            codes=codes,
             mask=codes.base_mask,
             size=codes.size,
             ordered=self.dtype.ordered,
@@ -845,10 +839,7 @@ def unique(self) -> CategoricalColumn:
         codes = self.codes.unique()
         return column.build_categorical_column(
             categories=self.categories,
-            codes=cudf.core.column.NumericalColumn(
-                codes.base_data,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-                dtype=codes.dtype,
-            ),
+            codes=codes,
             mask=codes.base_mask,
             offset=codes.offset,
             size=codes.size,
@@ -986,9 +977,7 @@ def find_and_replace(
 
         result = column.build_categorical_column(
             categories=new_cats["cats"],
-            codes=cudf.core.column.NumericalColumn(
-                output.base_data, dtype=output.dtype
-            ),
+            codes=output,
             mask=output.base_mask,
             offset=output.offset,
             size=output.size,
@@ -1184,10 +1173,7 @@ def _concat(
 
         return column.build_categorical_column(
             categories=column.as_column(cats),
-            codes=cudf.core.column.NumericalColumn(
-                codes_col.base_data,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-                dtype=codes_col.dtype,
-            ),
+            codes=codes_col,
             mask=codes_col.base_mask,
             size=codes_col.size,
             offset=codes_col.offset,
@@ -1199,10 +1185,7 @@ def _with_type_metadata(
         if isinstance(dtype, CategoricalDtype):
             return column.build_categorical_column(
                 categories=dtype.categories._values,
-                codes=cudf.core.column.NumericalColumn(
-                    self.codes.base_data,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-                    dtype=self.codes.dtype,
-                ),
+                codes=self.codes,
                 mask=self.codes.base_mask,
                 ordered=dtype.ordered,
                 size=self.codes.size,
@@ -1345,9 +1328,7 @@ def _set_categories(
             Self,
             column.build_categorical_column(
                 categories=new_cats,
-                codes=cudf.core.column.NumericalColumn(
-                    new_codes.base_data, dtype=new_codes.dtype
-                ),
+                codes=new_codes,
                 mask=new_codes.base_mask,
                 size=new_codes.size,
                 offset=new_codes.offset,
@@ -1478,9 +1459,7 @@ def pandas_categorical_as_column(
 
     return column.build_categorical_column(
         categories=categorical.categories,
-        codes=cudf.core.column.NumericalColumn(
-            codes.base_data, dtype=codes.dtype
-        ),
+        codes=codes,
         size=codes.size,
         mask=mask,
         ordered=categorical.ordered,
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/column.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/column.py
index b0e33e8b9ce..090c02da990 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/column.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/column.py
@@ -1513,6 +1513,7 @@ def column_empty(
                         * cudf.dtype(libcudf.types.size_type_dtype).itemsize
                     )
                 ),
+                size=None,
                 dtype=libcudf.types.size_type_dtype,
             ),
         )
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/numerical.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/numerical.py
index 16e78ef35ef..ac36813202a 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/numerical.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/numerical.py
@@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ def _with_type_metadata(self: ColumnBase, dtype: Dtype) -> ColumnBase:
                 categories=dtype.categories._values,
                 codes=cudf.core.column.NumericalColumn(
                     self.base_data,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+                    self.size,
                     dtype=self.dtype,
                 ),
                 mask=self.base_mask,
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
index 3033abd53f5..f935217f4f9 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 from cudf.core.column import (
     CategoricalColumn,
     ColumnBase,
-    NumericalColumn,
     StructColumn,
     as_column,
     build_categorical_column,
@@ -8541,9 +8540,7 @@ def _reassign_categories(categories, cols, col_idxs):
         if idx in categories:
             cols[name] = build_categorical_column(
                 categories=categories[idx],
-                codes=NumericalColumn(
-                    cols[name].base_data, dtype=cols[name].dtype
-                ),
+                codes=cols[name],
                 mask=cols[name].base_mask,
                 offset=cols[name].offset,
                 size=cols[name].size,
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/index.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/index.py
index d02633a97fa..ee2f0317f8d 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/index.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/index.py
@@ -2501,6 +2501,7 @@ def _get_dt_field(self, field: str) -> Index:
         out_column = self._column.get_dt_field(field)
         out_column = NumericalColumn(
             data=out_column.base_data,
+            size=out_column.size,
             dtype=out_column.dtype,
             mask=out_column.base_mask,
             offset=out_column.offset,