G0048 — Patients who receive palliative care services any time during the intake period through the end of the measurement year
G0048 is a HCPCS Level II code for patients who receive palliative care services any time during the intake period through the end of the measurement year. It belongs to the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section. Whether Medicare pays it depends on the coverage rule below.
Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment
Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.
From the coverage field of the CMS Alpha-Numeric HCPCS File, release 2026Q3-Jul. This states Medicare’s position on the code, not on your particular claim.
Physician fee schedule statusM
Measurement code. Used for reporting purposes only; never paid.
Global period: XXX
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The CMS record for G0048
- Long descriptor
- Patients who receive palliative care services any time during the intake period through the end of the measurement year
- Short descriptor
- Pall serv during meas
- Added
- January 1, 2022
- BETOS
- Z2
- Pricing indicator
- 00 — Not priced by Part B
The official wording. This is what the code means.
CMS's 28-character form, which is what shows up on a remittance advice.
When CMS introduced the code.
Berenson-Eggers Type of Service — CMS's own analytic grouping.
Service not separately priced by Part B — not covered, bundled into another service, or used by Part A only.
Codes adjacent to G0048
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G0048 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G0040Patient already receiving physical/occupational/speech/recreational therapy during the measurement period
- G0041Patient and/or care partner decline referral
- G0042Referral to physical, occupational, speech, or recreational therapy
- G0043Patients with mechanical prosthetic heart valve
- G0044Patients with moderate or severe mitral stenosis
- G0045Clinical follow-up and mrs score assessed at 90 days following endovascular stroke intervention
- G0046Clinical follow-up and mrs score not assessed at 90 days following endovascular stroke intervention
- G0047Pediatric patient with minor blunt head trauma and pecarn prediction criteria are not assessed
- G0049With maintenance hemodialysis (in-center and home hd) for the complete reporting month
- G0050Patients with a catheter that have limited life expectancy
- G0051Patients under hospice care in the current reporting month
- G0052Patients on peritoneal dialysis for any portion of the reporting month
- G0053Advancing rheumatology patient care mips value pathways
- G0054Coordinating stroke care to promote prevention and cultivate positive outcomes mips value pathways
- G0055Advancing care for heart disease mips value pathways
- G0056Optimizing chronic disease management mips value pathwaysterminated
Questions about G0048
What is HCPCS code G0048?
G0048 is a HCPCS Level II code for patients who receive palliative care services any time during the intake period through the end of the measurement year. It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G0048?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G0048 as "Carrier judgment". Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.
How is G0048 paid under the physician fee schedule?
G0048 carries PFS status code M. Measurement code. Used for reporting purposes only; never paid.