G0106 HCPCS Level II code: Colorectal cancer screening; alternative to g0104, screening sigmoidoscopy, barium enema
CMS terminated G0106: its last date of service was Dec 31, 2024. It stays here for looking up older claims; newer services need a current code.
Official description
G0106Colorectal cancer screening; alternative to g0104, screening sigmoidoscopy, barium enema
Short description: Colon ca screen;barium enema
HCPCS · United States
Notes for G0106
As CMS prints them, with any note G0106 takes from the headings above it.
Note
- CMS processing note 0064: COVERAGE AND PAYMENT BASED ON BALANCED BUDGET ACT OF 1997 (G0101 - SEC 4102; G0104, G0105, G0106, G0107, G0120, G0121, G0122, G0128 - SEC 4104).
Medicare details
The indicators CMS publishes with G0106 in its October 2026 file. They describe Medicare’s handling, not another payer’s.
- Medicare coverage
- Special coverage instructions apply
- Medicare pricing
- Physician fee schedule – Price established using national RVUs
- Type of service
- Diagnostic radiology
- BETOS category
- Standard imaging - contrast gastrointestinal
- Added
- Jan 1, 1998
- Terminated after
- Dec 31, 2024
Where G0106 sits
- 1G codesProcedures and professional services
- 2Terminated G0106Colorectal cancer screening; alternative to g0104, screening sigmoidoscopy, barium enema
Source and release
- Data release
- HCPCS Level II · October 2026
- Effective date
- Oct 1, 2026
- Publisher
- CMS
This page is built from the HCPCS Level II catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’s October 2026 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.
Frequently asked questions
Is HCPCS code G0106 still valid?
No. CMS terminated G0106; its last date of service was Dec 31, 2024. It is listed for looking up services from before then. Use a current code for newer services.
Does Medicare cover G0106?
CMS lists G0106’s Medicare coverage as “Special coverage instructions apply” and its pricing as “Physician fee schedule – Price established using national RVUs”. Coverage and payment still depend on the patient, the setting, the documentation and the payer.
Which HCPCS Level II release does this page use?
It uses CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026 to Dec 31, 2026. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.
Codes beside G0106
All G codesG0090Professional services, initial visit, for the administration of intravenous chemotherapy or other highly complex infusion drug or biological for each infusion drug administration…G0101Cervical or vaginal cancer screening; pelvic and clinical breast examinationG0102Prostate cancer screening; digital rectal examinationG0103Prostate cancer screening; prostate specific antigen test (psa)G0104Colorectal cancer screening; flexible sigmoidoscopyG0105Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high riskG0108Diabetes outpatient self-management training services, individual, per 30 minutesG0109Diabetes outpatient self-management training services, group session (2 or more), per 30 minutesG0117Glaucoma screening for high risk patients furnished by an optometrist or ophthalmologistG0118Glaucoma screening for high risk patient furnished under the direct supervision of an optometrist or ophthalmologistG0120Colorectal cancer screening; alternative to g0105, screening colonoscopy, barium enema.G0121Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk