HCPCS Code Details - G9229

HCPCS Level II Code
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G9229
Description

Long description:
Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis screening results not documented (patient refusal is the only allowed exception)

Short description:
Ptrsn no gc chl syp test

HCPCS Modifier1
HCPCS Pricing indicator 00 - Physician Fee Schedule And Non-Physician Practitioners - Service not separately priced by part B (e.g., services not covered, bundled, used by Part A only, etc.)
Multiple pricing indicator 9 - Not applicable as HCPCS not priced separately by part B or value is not established
Coverage code C - Carrier judgment
BETOS2 code M5B - Specialist - psychiatry
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service 1 - Medical care
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 2024
Date added Added Jan 01, 2014
Termination date Dec 31, 2023
HCPCS Coding Procedures

HCPCS Modifiers

In HCPCS Level II, modifiers are composed of two alpha or alphanumeric characters.

Example: E0260-NU - Hospital bed, semi-electric (head and foot adjustment), with any type side rails, with mattress
NU” identifies the hospital bed as new equipment

See also

  • HCPCS G9228 · Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis screening results documented (report when results are present for all of the 3 screenings)

  • HCPCS G9230 · Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis not screened, reason not given


1 Two-digit numeric codes are Level I code modifiers copyrighted© by the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT).

2 BETOS stands for “Berenson-Eggers Type Of Service”