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G0122

G0122Colorectal cancer screening; barium enema

HCPCSTerminatedBETOS I1D

G0122 is a HCPCS Level II code for colorectal cancer screening; barium enema. It belongs to the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section. It was terminated on December 31, 2024 and is not valid on new claims.

This code has been terminated

CMS terminated G0122 on December 31, 2024. It stays in the file as history — a claim you are auditing from before that date may legitimately carry it — but it must not appear on a new claim. The adjacent codes below are the usual place to look for its replacement.

Medicare coverage: Non-covered by Medicare

Medicare does not cover the item or service this code describes.

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.

The CMS record for G0122

Long descriptor
Colorectal cancer screening; barium enema

The official wording. This is what the code means.

Short descriptor
Colon ca scrn; barium enema

CMS's 28-character form, which is what shows up on a remittance advice.

Added
January 1, 1998

When CMS introduced the code.

Terminated
December 31, 2024

When CMS retired it.

BETOS
I1D

Berenson-Eggers Type of Service — CMS's own analytic grouping.

Pricing indicator
00 — Not priced by Part B

Service not separately priced by Part B — not covered, bundled into another service, or used by Part A only.

Codes adjacent to G0122

HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G0122 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.

  • G0105Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk
  • G0106Colorectal cancer screening; alternative to g0104, screening sigmoidoscopy, barium enematerminated
  • G0108Diabetes outpatient self-management training services, individual, per 30 minutes
  • G0109Diabetes outpatient self-management training services, group session (2 or more), per 30 minutes
  • G0117Glaucoma screening for high risk patients furnished by an optometrist or ophthalmologist
  • G0118Glaucoma screening for high risk patient furnished under the direct supervision of an optometrist or ophthalmologist
  • G0120Colorectal cancer screening; alternative to g0105, screening colonoscopy, barium enema.terminated
  • G0121Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk
  • G0123Screening cytopathology, cervical or vaginal (any reporting system), collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer preparation, screening by cytotechnologist under physician supervision
  • G0124Screening cytopathology, cervical or vaginal (any reporting system), collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer preparation, requiring interpretation by physician
  • G0127Trimming of dystrophic nails, any number
  • G0128Direct (face-to-face with patient) skilled nursing services of a registered nurse provided in a comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility, each 10 minutes beyond the first 5 minutes
  • G0129Occupational therapy services requiring the skills of a qualified occupational therapist, furnished as a component of a partial hospitalization or intensive outpatient treatment program, per session (45 minutes or more)
  • G0130Single energy x-ray absorptiometry (sexa) bone density study, one or more sites; appendicular skeleton (peripheral) (e.g., radius, wrist, heel)
  • G0136Administration of a standardized, evidence-based assessment of physical activity and nutrition, 5-15 minutes, not more often than every 6 months
  • G0137Intensive outpatient services; weekly bundle, minimum of 9 services over a 7 contiguous day period, which can include individual and group therapy with physicians or psychologists (or other mental health professionals to the extent authorized under state law); occupational therapy requiring the skills of a qualified occupational therapist; services of social workers, trained psychiatric nurses, and other staff trained to work with psychiatric patients; individualized activity therapies that are not primarily recreational or diversionary; family counseling (the primary purpose of which is treatment of the individual's condition); patient training and education (to the extent that training and educational activities are closely and clearly related to individual's care and treatment); diagnostic services; and such other items and services (excluding meals and transportation) that are reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or active treatment of the individual's condition, reasonably expected to improve or maintain the individual's condition and functional level and to prevent relapse or hospitalization, and furnished pursuant to such guidelines relating to frequency and duration of services in accordance with a physician certification and plan of treatment (provision of the services by a medicare-enrolled opioid treatment program); list separately in addition to code for primary procedure

Questions about G0122

What is HCPCS code G0122?

G0122 is a HCPCS Level II code for colorectal cancer screening; barium enema. It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.

Does Medicare cover G0122?

The CMS HCPCS file marks G0122 as "Non-covered by Medicare". Medicare does not cover the item or service this code describes.

Is G0122 still valid?

No. G0122 was terminated on December 31, 2024 and should not be used on new claims.

HCPCS Level II2026Q3-Jul· effective July 1, 2026