People that may benefit from checking blood glucose include those: 1  taking insulina hormone that helps the body use glucose for energy. 2  that are pregnant. 3  having a hard time controlling blood glucose levels. 4  having low blood glucose levels. 5  having low blood glucose levels without the usual warning signs. 6  have ketones from high blood glucose levels.
For patients at high risk for colorectal cancer, a screening barium enema performed as an alternative to colonoscopy (G0105) is reported with code G0120. Medicare will pay for this procedure every two years (at least 23 completed months since the last screening barium enema or colonoscopy). There is no age limit. For patients at normal risk for colorectal cancer, a screening barium enema performed as an alternative to sigmoidoscopy (G0104) is reported with code G0106.
All Medicare payment policies applicable to the CY 2014 CPT codes will apply to the replacement G-codes. The new and revised CY 2015 CPT codes for lower GI endoscopy that Medicare will not recognize for payment in CY 2015 are denoted with an âIâ (invalid for Medicare purposes). For Medicare patients, providers should report the appropriate G-code instead of a code that has a status indicator of âIâ (see Table 1).