HCPCS Code G0050

Patients with a catheter that have limited life expectancy

Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)

G0050 is a valid 2024 HCPCS code for Patients with a catheter that have limited life expectancy or just “Pt w/ lmted life expec” for short, used in Medical care.

HCPCS Code Details - G0050

HCPCS Level II Code
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G0050
Description

Long description:
Patients with a catheter that have limited life expectancy

Short description:
Pt w/ lmted life expec

HCPCS Modifier1
HCPCS Pricing indicator 00 - Physician Fee Schedule And Non-Physician Practitioners - Service not separately priced by part B (e.g., services not covered, bundled, used by Part A only, etc.)
Multiple pricing indicator 9 - Not applicable as HCPCS not priced separately by part B or value is not established
Coverage code C - Carrier judgment
BETOS2 code Z2 - Undefined codes
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service 1 - Medical care
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 2022
Date added Added Jan 01, 2022
HCPCS Coding Procedures

HCPCS Modifiers

In HCPCS Level II, modifiers are composed of two alpha or alphanumeric characters.

Example: E0260-NU - Hospital bed, semi-electric (head and foot adjustment), with any type side rails, with mattress
“NU” identifies the hospital bed as new equipment

See also

  • HCPCS G0049 · With maintenance hemodialysis (in-center and home hd) for the complete reporting month

  • HCPCS G9202 · Patients with a positive hepatitis c antibody test

  • HCPCS G9535 · Patients with a normal neurological examination

  • HCPCS G9711 · Patients with a diagnosis or past history of total colectomy or colorectal cancer

  • HCPCS G9799 · Patients with a medication dispensing event indicator of a history of asthma any time during the patient's history through the end of the measure period

  • HCPCS M1018 · Patients with an active diagnosis or history of cancer (except basal cell and squamous cell skin carcinoma), patients who are heavy tobacco smokers, lung cancer screening patients

  • HCPCS M1037 · Patients with a diagnosis of lumbar spine region cancer at the time of the procedure

  • HCPCS M1038 · Patients with a diagnosis of lumbar spine region fracture at the time of the procedure

  • HCPCS M1039 · Patients with a diagnosis of lumbar spine region infection at the time of the procedure

  • HCPCS M1040 · Patients with a diagnosis of lumbar idiopathic or congenital scoliosis

  • HCPCS M1151 · Patients with a history of heart transplant or with a left ventricular assist device (lvad)

  • HCPCS M1152 · Patients with a history of heart transplant or with a left ventricular assist device (lvad)

  • HCPCS M1187 · Patients with a diagnosis of end stage renal disease (esrd)

  • HCPCS M1188 · Patients with a diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (ckd) stage 5

  • HCPCS M1192 · Patients with an existing diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

  • HCPCS M1295 · Patients with a diagnosis or past history of total colectomy or colorectal cancer

  • HCPCS G0051 · Patients under hospice care in the current reporting month

1 Two-digit numeric codes are Level I code modifiers copyrighted© by the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT).

2 BETOS stands for “Berenson-Eggers Type Of Service”