HCPCS Code Details - G0157

HCPCS Level II Code
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G0157
Description

Long description:
Services performed by a qualified physical therapist assistant in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes

Short description:
Hhc pt assistant ea 15

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 Y2 - Other - non-Medicare fee schedule
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service 1 - Medical care
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 2011
Date added Added Jan 01, 2011
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 G0156 · Services of home health/hospice aide in home health or hospice settings, each 15 minutes

  • HCPCS G0151 · Services performed by a qualified physical therapist in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes

  • HCPCS G0152 · Services performed by a qualified occupational therapist in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes

  • HCPCS G0153 · Services performed by a qualified speech-language pathologist in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes

  • HCPCS G0158 · Services performed by a qualified occupational therapist assistant in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes

  • HCPCS G0159 · Services performed by a qualified physical therapist, in the home health setting, in the establishment or delivery of a safe and effective physical therapy maintenance program, each 15 minutes

  • HCPCS G0160 · Services performed by a qualified occupational therapist, in the home health setting, in the establishment or delivery of a safe and effective occupational therapy maintenance program, each 15 minutes

  • HCPCS G0161 · Services performed by a qualified speech-language pathologist, in the home health setting, in the establishment or delivery of a safe and effective speech-language pathology maintenance program, each 15 minutes

  • HCPCS G2168 · Services performed by a physical therapist assistant in the home health setting in the delivery of a safe and effective physical therapy maintenance program, each 15 minutes

  • HCPCS G2169 · Services performed by an occupational therapist assistant in the home health setting in the delivery of a safe and effective occupational therapy maintenance program, each 15 minutes

  • HCPCS G9473 · Services performed by chaplain in the hospice setting, each 15 minutes

  • HCPCS G9474 · Services performed by dietary counselor in the hospice setting, each 15 minutes

  • HCPCS G9475 · Services performed by other counselor in the hospice setting, each 15 minutes

  • HCPCS G9476 · Services performed by volunteer in the hospice setting, each 15 minutes

  • HCPCS G9477 · Services performed by care coordinator in the hospice setting, each 15 minutes

  • HCPCS G9478 · Services performed by other qualified therapist in the hospice setting, each 15 minutes


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”