HCPCS Level II · Procedures and professional services (temporary)
G0179Physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and allowed practitioners to affirm the initial implementation of the plan of care
Source: CMS HCPCS quarterly update, October 2026. Page updated September 29, 2026.
About G0179
G0179 is an HCPCS Level II code in the G series (procedures and professional services (temporary)), describing physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and allowed practitioners to affirm the initial implementation of the plan of care.
It was added to HCPCS effective 01/01/2001, and its current record took effect 03/01/2020.
Its Medicare coverage code is "C", meaning coverage is left to the Medicare contractor's judgment.
Details
- Short description
- Md recertification hha pt
- Date added
- 01/01/2001
- Action effective
- 03/01/2020
- BETOS
- Y1
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- G0104Colorectal cancer screening; flexible sigmoidoscopy
- G0105Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk
- G0108Diabetes outpatient self-management training services, individual, per 30 minutes
- G0109Diabetes outpatient self-management training services, group session (2 or more), per 30 minutes
- G0117Glaucoma screening for high risk patients furnished by an optometrist or ophthalmologist
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- G0121Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk
- G0123Screening cytopathology, cervical or vaginal (any reporting system), collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer preparation, screening by cytotechnologist under physician supervision
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Common questions about G0179
Is HCPCS G0179 still valid?
- Yes. G0179 is active in the CMS October 2026 HCPCS file.
Does Medicare cover G0179?
- Its coverage code is "C": coverage is left to the Medicare contractor's judgment. Check the local coverage determination for your region.