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G0104 Ca screen;flexi sigmoidscope

What G0104 is

Colorectal cancer screening; flexible sigmoidoscopy

HCPCS Level II long description, CMS October 2026 file. See the G codes page for the full section.

Medicare payment for G0104 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.825.500.116.43$214.77
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.820.670.111.60$53.44

National rates: total RVUs x the CY2026 conversion factor of 33.4009 (non-QP), before geographic adjustment. Actual Medicare payment is 80% of the rate shown after the deductible; the patient or secondary payer owes the 20% coinsurance.


Status: Active - payable under the Physician Fee Schedule. Global period: Global concept does not apply (endoscopic or minor procedure: global period is the day of the procedure).

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps G0104 at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 2 - date of service edit (absolute): units above the MUE never pay), rationale: Anatomic Consideration. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with G0104? These codes are bundled into it

G0104 is a Column 1 code in 319 active NCCI PTP edits. When one of these Column 2 codes is reported on the same date of service, it is denied as bundled - unless the edit's modifier indicator is 1 and documentation supports a distinct service with an NCCI-associated modifier.

Column 2 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0091U0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0163U0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0213TNjx paravert w/us cer/thor0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0216TNjx paravert w/us lumb/sac0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0405U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0421U0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0460U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0461U1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0464U0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0501U0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
0596TTemp fml iu vlv-pmp 1st insj1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0597TTemp fml iu valve-pmp rplcmt1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0708TId ca immntx prep & 1st njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0709TId ca immntx each addl njx1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0903TEcg alg 12 lead reduced i&r1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0904TEcg alg 12 ld rdcd trcg only1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
0905TEcg alg 12 ld rdcd i&r only1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12001Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trnk 2.5cm/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12002Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trnk2.6-7.5cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12004Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trk7.6-12.5cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12005Rpr s/n/a/gen/trk12.6-20.0cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12006Rpr s/n/a/gen/trk20.1-30.0cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12007Rpr s/n/ax/gen/trnk >30.0 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12011Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 2.5 cm/<1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12013Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 2.6-5.0 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12014Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 5.1-7.5 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12015Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m 7.6-12.5 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12016Rpr fe/e/en/l/m 12.6-20.0 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12017Rpr fe/e/en/l/m 20.1-30.0 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair
12018Rpr f/e/e/n/l/m >30.0 cm1 - modifier may bypassCheck pair

Showing 30 of 319 column 2 codes. Use the pair checker for any specific combination.

G0104 is bundled into these codes

G0104 appears as a Column 2 code in 13 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, G0104 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
0885TColsc flx 1st tndsc dilat0Check pair
0886TSgmdsc flx 1st tndsc dilat0Check pair
45346Sigmoidoscopy w/ablation0Check pair
45347Sigmoidoscopy w/plcmt stent0Check pair
45349Sigmoidoscopy w/resection0Check pair
45350Sgmdsc w/band ligation0Check pair
45388Colonoscopy w/ablation0Check pair
45389Colonoscopy w/stent plcmt0Check pair
45390Colonoscopy w/resection0Check pair
45393Colonoscopy w/decompression0Check pair
45398Colonoscopy w/band ligation0Check pair
G0327Colon ca scrn;bld-bsd biomrk0Check pair
G0337Hospice evaluation preelecti0Check pair

Data: CMS CY2026 Physician Fee Schedule RVU file (October release, RVU26D) and Medicare NCCI PTP practitioner edits v32.3 (2026 Q4). Verify against the official files before billing or contracting decisions.