G0268 Removal of impacted wax md

What G0268 is

Removal of impacted cerumen (one or both ears) by physician on same date of service as audiologic function testing

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

Medicare payment for G0268 (CY2026)

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).

Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)

Medicare caps G0268 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 G0268? These codes are bundled into it

G0268 is a Column 1 code in 236 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.

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G0268 is bundled into these codes

G0268 appears as a Column 2 code in 60 active edits. Reported with one of these Column 1 codes on the same date of service, G0268 is the code that denies.

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.