HCPCS Code G9988
Palliative care services provided to patient any time during the measurement period
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
G9988 is a valid 2024 HCPCS code for Palliative care services provided to patient any time during the measurement period or just “Pall serv during meas” for short, used in Medical care.
| HCPCS Level II Code Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes) |
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| HCPCS Code | G9988 |
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| Description |
Long description:
Short description: |
| 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.)
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| Multiple pricing indicator |
9 - Not applicable as HCPCS not priced separately by part B or value is not established
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| 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, 2022 |
| Date added | Added Jan 01, 2022 |
| 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
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HCPCS G9987 · Bundled payments for care improvement advanced (bpci advanced) model home visit for patient assessment performed by clinical staff for an individual not considered homebound, including, but not necessarily limited to patient assessment of clinical status, safety/fall prevention, functional status/ambulation, medication reconciliation/management, compliance with orders/plan of care, performance of activities of daily living, and ensuring beneficiary connections to community and other services; for use only for a bpci advanced model episode of care; may not be billed for a 30-day period covered by a transitional care management code
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HCPCS G0031 · Palliative care services given to patient any time during the measurement period
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HCPCS G9992 · Palliative care services used by patient any time during the measurement period
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HCPCS M1309 · Palliative care services provided to patient any time during the measurement period
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HCPCS G9989 · Documentation of medical reason(s) for not administering pneumococcal vaccine (e.g., adverse reaction to vaccine)
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”
