US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-04, ch. 4, § 61.2.1
Bypass Edit Modifier “CG” for Claims on Which Specified
Procedures are to be Reported With Device Codes
(Rev.4513, Issued: 02-04-2020, Effective: 01-01- 2020, Implementation: 01-06-2020)
For certain device-intensive procedures, providers may bypass the device edit requiring at
least one device HCPCS code for the procedure. For situations where no device was
performed with certain device-intensive procedures, providers may bypass the edit by
reporting modifier “CG”.
History
(Rev.4513, Issued: 02-04-2020, Effective: 01-01- 2020, Implementation: 01-06-2020)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
7edaad4c31e31dada8869108177994fc6d4bab50d3f47a5405ea8205d169f99e
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