HCPCS Code G0318

Prolonged home or residence evaluation and management service(s) beyond the total time for the primary service (when the primary service has been selected using time on the date of the primary service); each additional 15 minutes by the physician or qualified healthcare professional, with or without direct patient contact (list separately in addition to cpt codes 99345, 99350 for home or residence evaluation and management services). (do not report g0318 on the same date of service as other prolonged services for evaluation and management 99358, 99359, 99417). (do not report g0318 for any time unit less than 15 minutes)

Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)

G0318 is a valid 2024 HCPCS code for Prolonged home or residence evaluation and management service(s) beyond the total time for the primary service (when the primary service has been selected using time on the date of the primary service); each additional 15 minutes by the physician or qualified healthcare professional, with or without direct patient contact (list separately in addition to cpt codes 99345, 99350 for home or residence evaluation and management services). (do not report g0318 on the same date of service as other prolonged services for evaluation and management 99358, 99359, 99417). (do not report g0318 for any time unit less than 15 minutes) or just “Prolong home eval add 15m” for short, used in Medical care.

HCPCS Code Details - G0318

HCPCS Level II Code
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G0318
Description

Long description:
Prolonged home or residence evaluation and management service(s) beyond the total time for the primary service (when the primary service has been selected using time on the date of the primary service); each additional 15 minutes by the physician or qualified healthcare professional, with or without direct patient contact (list separately in addition to cpt codes 99345, 99350 for home or residence evaluation and management services). (do not report g0318 on the same date of service as other prolonged services for evaluation and management 99358, 99359, 99417). (do not report g0318 for any time unit less than 15 minutes)

Short description:
Prolong home eval add 15m

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 Y1 - Other - Medicare fee schedule
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service 1 - Medical care
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 2023
Date added Added Jan 01, 2023
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 G0317 · Prolonged nursing facility evaluation and management service(s) beyond the total time for the primary service (when the primary service has been selected using time on the date of the primary service); each additional 15 minutes by the physician or qualified healthcare professional, with or without direct patient contact (list separately in addition to cpt codes 99306, 99310 for nursing facility evaluation and management services). (do not report g0317 on the same date of service as other prolonged services for evaluation and management 99358, 99359, 99418). (do not report g0317 for any time unit less than 15 minutes)

  • HCPCS G0320 · Home health services furnished using synchronous telemedicine rendered via a real-time two-way audio and video telecommunications system

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”