G0117 HCPCS Level II code: Glaucoma screening for high risk patients furnished by an optometrist or ophthalmologist
G0117 is the HCPCS code for “Glaucoma screening for high risk patients furnished by an optometrist or ophthalmologist” in CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026.
Official description
G0117Glaucoma screening for high risk patients furnished by an optometrist or ophthalmologist
Short description: Glaucoma scrn hgh risk direc
HCPCS · United States
Medicare details
The indicators CMS publishes with G0117 in its October 2026 file. They describe Medicare’s handling, not another payer’s.
- Medicare coverage
- Carrier judgment
- Medicare pricing
- Physician fee schedule – Price established using national RVUs
- Type of service
- Vision items or services
- BETOS category
- Other tests - other
- Added
- Jan 1, 2002
Where G0117 sits
- 1G codesProcedures and professional services
- 2Active code G0117Glaucoma screening for high risk patients furnished by an optometrist or ophthalmologist
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
What does HCPCS code G0117 mean?
G0117 is the HCPCS code for “Glaucoma screening for high risk patients furnished by an optometrist or ophthalmologist” in CMS’s HCPCS Level II October 2026 release.
Does Medicare cover G0117?
CMS lists G0117’s Medicare coverage as “Carrier judgment” 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.
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