G6025 — Colonoscopy, flexible, proximal to splenic flexure; with transendoscopic stent placement (includes predilation)
G6025 is a HCPCS Level II code for colonoscopy, flexible, proximal to splenic flexure; with transendoscopic stent placement (includes predilation). It belongs to the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section. It was terminated on December 31, 2015 and is not valid on new claims.
This code has been terminated
CMS terminated G6025 on December 31, 2015. 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: 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.
The CMS record for G6025
- Long descriptor
- Colonoscopy, flexible, proximal to splenic flexure; with transendoscopic stent placement (includes predilation)
- Short descriptor
- Colonoscopy w/stent
- Added
- January 1, 2015
- Terminated
- December 31, 2015
- BETOS
- P8D
- Pricing indicator
- 13 — Physician fee schedule
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.
When CMS retired it.
Berenson-Eggers Type of Service — CMS's own analytic grouping.
Price established by carriers — not otherwise classified, individual determination, or carrier discretion.
Codes adjacent to G6025
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G6025 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G6017Intra-fraction localization and tracking of target or patient motion during delivery of radiation therapy (eg,3d positional tracking, gating, 3d surface tracking), each fraction of treatmentterminated
- G6018Ileoscopy, through stoma; with transendoscopic stent placement (includes predilation)terminated
- G6019Colonoscopy through stoma; with ablation of tumor(s), polyp(s), or other lesion(s) not amenable to removal by hot biopsy forceps, bipolar cautery or snare techniqueterminated
- G6020Colonoscopy through stoma; with transendoscopic stent placement (includes predilation)terminated
- G6021Unlisted procedure, intestineterminated
- G6022Sigmoidoscopy, flexible; with ablation of tumor(s), polyp(s), or other lesions(s) not amenable to removal by hot biopsy forceps, bipolar cautery or snare techniqueterminated
- G6023Sigmoidoscopy, flexible; with transendoscopic stent placement (includes predilation)terminated
- G6024Colonoscopy, flexible; proximal to splenic flexure; with ablation of tumor(s), polyp(s), or other lesion(s) not amenable to removal by hot biopsy forceps, bipolar cautery or snare techniqueterminated
- G6027Anoscopy, high resolution (hra) (with magnification and chemical agent enhancement); diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s) by brushing or washing when performedterminated
- G6028Anoscopy, high resolution (hra) (with magnification and chemical agent enhancement); with biopsy(ies)terminated
- G6030Amitriptylineterminated
- G6031Benzodiazepinesterminated
- G6032Desipramineterminated
- G6034Doxepinterminated
- G6035Goldterminated
- G6036Assay of imipramineterminated
Questions about G6025
What is HCPCS code G6025?
G6025 is a HCPCS Level II code for colonoscopy, flexible, proximal to splenic flexure; with transendoscopic stent placement (includes predilation). It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G6025?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G6025 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.
Is G6025 still valid?
No. G6025 was terminated on December 31, 2015 and should not be used on new claims.