Q0111 HCPCS Level II code: Wet mounts, including preparations of vaginal, cervical or skin specimens
Q0111 is the HCPCS code for “Wet mounts, including preparations of vaginal, cervical or skin specimens” in CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026.
Official description
Q0111Wet mounts, including preparations of vaginal, cervical or skin specimens
Short description: Wet mounts/ w preparations
HCPCS · United States
Medicare details
The indicators CMS publishes with Q0111 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
- Bacteriology; Mycology; Parasitology; Hematology
- Added
- Jan 1, 1994
Where Q0111 sits
- 1Q codesTemporary codes
- 2Active code Q0111Wet mounts, including preparations of vaginal, cervical or skin specimens
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 Q0111 mean?
Q0111 is the HCPCS code for “Wet mounts, including preparations of vaginal, cervical or skin specimens” in CMS’s HCPCS Level II October 2026 release.
Does Medicare cover Q0111?
CMS lists Q0111’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.
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