G0918 — Satisfaction with care not achieved within 90 days following cataract surgery
G0918 is a HCPCS Level II code for satisfaction with care not achieved within 90 days following cataract surgery. 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 G0918
- Long descriptor
- Satisfaction with care not achieved within 90 days following cataract surgery
- Short descriptor
- No satisfy with care
- Added
- January 1, 2012
- BETOS
- M5D
- 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 G0918
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G0918 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G0908Most recent hemoglobin (hgb) level > 12.0 g/dlterminated
- G0909Hemoglobin level measurement not documented, reason not giventerminated
- G0910Most recent hemoglobin level <= 12.0 g/dlterminated
- G0913Improvement in visual function achieved within 90 days following cataract surgery
- G0914Patient care survey was not completed by patient
- G0915Improvement in visual function not achieved within 90 days following cataract surgery
- G0916Satisfaction with care achieved within 90 days following cataract surgery
- G0917Patient care survey was not completed by patient
- G0919Influenza immunization ordered or recommended (to be given at alternate location or alternate provider); vaccine not available at time of visitterminated
- G0920Type, anatomic location, and activity all documentedterminated
- G0921Documentation of patient reason(s) for not being able to assess (e.g., patient refuses endoscopic and/or radiologic assessment)terminated
- G0922No documentation of disease type, anatomic location, and activity, reason not giventerminated
- G1000Clinical decision support mechanism applied pathways, as defined by the medicare appropriate use criteria programterminated
- G1001Clinical decision support mechanism evicore, as defined by the medicare appropriate use criteria programterminated
- G1002Clinical decision support mechanism medcurrent, as defined by the medicare appropriate use criteria programterminated
- G1003Clinical decision support mechanism medicalis, as defined by the medicare appropriate use criteria programterminated
Questions about G0918
What is HCPCS code G0918?
G0918 is a HCPCS Level II code for satisfaction with care not achieved within 90 days following cataract surgery. It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G0918?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G0918 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 G0918 paid under the physician fee schedule?
G0918 carries PFS status code M. Measurement code. Used for reporting purposes only; never paid.