G0148 HCPCS Level II code: Screening cytopathology smears, cervical or vaginal, performed by automated system with manual rescreening
G0148 is the HCPCS code for “Screening cytopathology smears, cervical or vaginal, performed by automated system with manual rescreening” in CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026.
Official description
G0148Screening cytopathology smears, cervical or vaginal, performed by automated system with manual rescreening
Short description: Scr c/v cyto, autosys, rescr
HCPCS · United States
Notes for G0148
As CMS prints them, with any note G0148 takes from the headings above it.
Note
- CMS processing note 0045: SEE INTERMEDIARY MANUAL 3628.1A FOR PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS. (P3000,P3001 G0123, G0124, G0141, G0143, G0144, G0145, G0147, G0148). PROGRAM MEMORANDUM AB-98-71.60.
Medicare details
The indicators CMS publishes with G0148 in its October 2026 file. They describe Medicare’s handling, not another payer’s.
- Medicare coverage
- Carrier judgment
- Medicare pricing
- Clinical lab fee schedule – Price subject to national limitation amount
- Type of service
- Diagnostic laboratory
- BETOS category
- Lab tests - other (Non-Medicare fee schedule)
- Lab certification
- Cytology
- Added
- Jan 1, 1999
Where G0148 sits
- 1G codesProcedures and professional services
- 2Active code G0148Screening cytopathology smears, cervical or vaginal, performed by automated system with manual rescreening
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 G0148 mean?
G0148 is the HCPCS code for “Screening cytopathology smears, cervical or vaginal, performed by automated system with manual rescreening” in CMS’s HCPCS Level II October 2026 release.
Does Medicare cover G0148?
CMS lists G0148’s Medicare coverage as “Carrier judgment” and its pricing as “Clinical lab fee schedule – Price subject to national limitation amount”. 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 G0148
All G codesG0141Screening cytopathology smears, cervical or vaginal, performed by automated system, with manual rescreening, requiring interpretation by physicianG0143Screening cytopathology, cervical or vaginal (any reporting system), collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer preparation, with manual screening and rescreening by…G0144Screening cytopathology, cervical or vaginal (any reporting system), collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer preparation, with screening by automated system, under…G0145Screening cytopathology, cervical or vaginal (any reporting system), collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer preparation, with screening by automated system and…G0146Principal illness navigation - peer support, additional 30 minutes per calendar month (list separately in addition to g0140)G0147Screening cytopathology smears, cervical or vaginal, performed by automated system under physician supervisionG0151Services performed by a qualified physical therapist in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutesG0152Services performed by a qualified occupational therapist in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutesG0153Services performed by a qualified speech-language pathologist in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutesG0154Direct skilled nursing services of a licensed nurse (lpn or rn) in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutesG0155Services of clinical social worker in home health or hospice settings, each 15 minutesG0156Services of home health/hospice aide in home health or hospice settings, each 15 minutes