G0181 — Physician or allowed practitioner supervision of a patient receiving medicare-covered services provided by a participating home health agency (patient not present) requiring complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician or allow

What the market charges

Across 726 negotiated rates, the middle 80% fall between $75 and $278, with a median of $128.

What Medicare pays

Medicare allowed an average of $103 for this code, across 435,933 services billed by 1,943 providers. At the median, the market charges 1.2 times what Medicare pays for this code.

Where this is billed, and what it costs there

The states billing G0181 most, by Medicare service volume, each compared against the national average of $103. Each links to the providers Mishe lists there.

  • California — 386 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $108 — 5% above the national average
  • Texas — 345 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $94 — 9% below the national average
  • Illinois — 162 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $104 — 1% above the national average
  • Florida — 214 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $95 — 8% below the national average
  • Nevada — 59 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $92 — 11% below the national average
  • Arizona — 66 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $92 — 11% below the national average
  • Georgia — 15 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $109 — 6% above the national average
  • New York — 67 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $108 — 5% above the national average

Claim-editing rules

These are National Correct Coding Initiative procedure-to-procedure edits — the rules a payer applies when deciding whether two codes billed together are both payable.

Codes this one absorbs

Billed together, G0181 is the payable code and these are not separately payable. 34 pairs in total.

  • 36591 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 36592 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 93040 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 93041 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 93042 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 96523 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 98000 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 98001 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 98002 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 98003 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 98004 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 98005 — no modifier can override this edit

Codes that absorb this one

Billed alongside any of these, G0181 is not separately payable. 23 pairs in total.

  • 99492 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 99493 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 99494 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 0876T — no modifier can override this edit
  • 0881T — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 0901T — no modifier can override this edit
  • 0908T — no modifier can override this edit
  • 0909T — no modifier can override this edit
  • 0910T — no modifier can override this edit
  • 0913T — no modifier can override this edit
  • 0918T — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 0919T — no modifier can override this edit

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