HCPCS Code Details - G0118

HCPCS Level II Code
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G0118
Description

Long description:
Glaucoma screening for high risk patient furnished under the direct supervision of an optometrist or ophthalmologist

Short description:
Glaucoma scrn hgh risk direc

HCPCS Modifier1
HCPCS Pricing indicator 11 - Price established using national RVU's
Multiple pricing indicator A - Not applicable as HCPCS priced under one methodology
Coverage code C - Carrier judgment
BETOS2 code T2D - Other tests - other
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service Q - Vision items or services
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 2002
Date added Added Jan 01, 2002
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 G0117 · Glaucoma screening for high risk patients furnished by an optometrist or ophthalmologist

  • HCPCS G0120 · Colorectal cancer screening; alternative to g0105, screening colonoscopy, barium enema.


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”