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G0147 Scr c/v cyto, automated sys

What G0147 is

Screening cytopathology smears, cervical or vaginal, performed by automated system under physician supervision

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

Medicare payment for G0147 (CY2026)

This code has no Physician Fee Schedule rate: Statutory exclusion - not payable under the Physician Fee Schedule. It may be paid under a different fee schedule (clinical laboratory, DMEPOS, anesthesia) or not paid at all - check the relevant CMS schedule.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps G0147 at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 3 - date of service edit (clinical): units above the MUE may pay with documentation on appeal), rationale: Anatomic Consideration. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

G0147 is bundled into these codes

G0147 appears as a Column 2 code in 18 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, G0147 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
88141Cytopath c/v interpret0Check pair
88142Cytopath c/v thin layer0Check pair
88143Cytopath c/v thin layer redo0Check pair
88147Cytopath c/v automated0Check pair
88148Cytopath c/v auto rescreen0Check pair
88150Cytopath c/v manual0Check pair
88152Cytopath c/v auto redo0Check pair
88153Cytopath c/v redo0Check pair
88164Cytopath tbs c/v manual0Check pair
88165Cytopath tbs c/v redo0Check pair
88166Cytopath tbs c/v auto redo0Check pair
88167Cytopath tbs c/v select0Check pair
88174Cytopath c/v auto in fluid0Check pair
88175Cytopath c/v auto fluid redo0Check pair
G0124Screen c/v thin layer by md0Check 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.