HCPCS Code Details - G9744

HCPCS Level II Code
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G9744
Description

Long description:
Patient not eligible due to active diagnosis of hypertension

Short description:
Pt not eli d/t act dig htn

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 Z2 - Undefined codes
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service 1 - Medical care
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 2018
Date added Added Jan 01, 2017
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 G9743 · Psychiatric symptoms not assessed, reason not otherwise specified

  • HCPCS G8784 · Patient not eligible (e.g., documentation the patient is not eligible due to active diagnosis of hypertension, patient refuses, urgent or emergent situation)

  • HCPCS M1290 · Patient not eligible due to active diagnosis of hypertension

  • HCPCS G9745 · Documented reason for not screening or recommending a follow-up for high blood pressure


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”