G0153 HCPCS Level II Code: Services performed by a qualified speech-language pathologist in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Hhcp-svs of s/l path,ea 15mn
- Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment (CMS coverage code C)
- Payment category: Service not separately priced (pricing indicator 00)
- BETOS: Y2 — Other - Non-Medicare fee schedule
- Last CMS action effective: January 1, 2011
Source: CMS HCPCS Level II release. Coverage codes indicate how Medicare treats the code, not whether a specific claim will be paid; payer policy and documentation still govern.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G0153 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.
Nearest codes (40)
- G0122 — Colorectal cancer screening; barium enema[Sibling]
- G0123 — Screening cytopathology, cervical or vaginal (any reporting system), collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer preparation, screening by cytotechnologist under physician supervision[Sibling]
- G0124 — Screening cytopathology, cervical or vaginal (any reporting system), collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer preparation, requiring interpretation by physician[Sibling]
- G0127 — Trimming of dystrophic nails, any number[Sibling]
- G0128 — Direct (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[Sibling]
- G0129 — Occupational 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)[Sibling]
- G0130 — Single energy x-ray absorptiometry (sexa) bone density study, one or more sites; appendicular skeleton (peripheral) (e.g., radius, wrist, heel)[Sibling]
- G0136 — Administration of a standardized, evidence-based assessment of physical activity and nutrition, 5-15 minutes, not more often than every 6 months[Sibling]
- and 32 more
Change history
- July 1, 1999 — Added to the code set [Change history]
Sources for this page
Every coding fact on this page is read from the datasets below. Nothing is AI-generated; MedCoder-derived relationships and editorial are labelled where they appear.
- Code, descriptors, coverage and pricing attributes
- CMS HCPCS Alpha-Numeric (ANWEB) release — July 2026 quarterly update
- Change history and date-of-service validity
- CMS HCPCS quarterly update files, ingested into the change ledger
- Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder-derived
- Derived by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Change history
- July 1, 1999Added to the code setServices performed by a qualified speech-language pathologist in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G0153 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G0146 — Principal illness navigation - peer support, additional 30 minutes per calendar month (list separately in addition to g0140)
- G0147 — Screening cytopathology smears, cervical or vaginal, performed by automated system under physician supervision
- G0148 — Screening cytopathology smears, cervical or vaginal, performed by automated system with manual rescreening
- G0151 — Services performed by a qualified physical therapist in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes
- G0152 — Services performed by a qualified occupational therapist in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes
- G0154 — Direct skilled nursing services of a licensed nurse (lpn or rn) in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes
- G0155 — Services of clinical social worker in home health or hospice settings, each 15 minutes
- G0156 — Services of home health/hospice aide in home health or hospice settings, each 15 minutes
- G0157 — Services performed by a qualified physical therapist assistant in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes
- G0158 — Services performed by a qualified occupational therapist assistant in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes