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G0180 Md certification hha patient

What G0180 is

Physician or allowed practitioner 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

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

Medicare payment for G0180 (CY2026)

Work RVUPractice expense RVUMalpractice RVUTotalMedicare rate
Non-facility (office)0.651.000.051.70$56.78
Facility (hospital, ASC)0.651.000.051.70$56.78

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.

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Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps G0180 at 1 unit per date of service for practitioner claims (MAI 2 - date of service edit (absolute): units above the MUE never pay), rationale: Code Descriptor / CPT Instruction. Units above the cap are denied unless the edit's adjudication rules allow an appeal with documentation.

Billed with G0180? These codes are bundled into it

G0180 is a Column 1 code in 3 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
36591Draw blood off venous device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
36592Collect blood from picc0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair
96523Irrig drug delivery device0 - no modifier bypassCheck pair

G0180 is bundled into these codes

G0180 appears as a Column 2 code in 9 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, G0180 is the code that denies.

Column 1 codeShort descriptionModifier indicator
99341Home/res vst new sf mdm 151Check pair
99342Home/res vst new low mdm 301Check pair
99344Home/res vst new mod mdm 601Check pair
99345Home/res vst new high mdm 751Check pair
99347Home/res vst est sf mdm 201Check pair
99348Home/res vst est low mdm 301Check pair
99349Home/res vst est mod mdm 401Check pair
99350Home/res vst est high mdm 601Check pair
G0179Md recertification hha pt0Check 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.