HCPCS G-Codes
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)

Temporary G codes are assigned to services and procedures that are under review before being included in the CPT coding system. Payment for these services is under the jurisdiction of the local carriers.


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  • G9737

    Patient unable to complete the elbow/wrist/hand fs prom at initial evaluation and/or discharge due to blindness, illiteracy, severe mental incapacity or language incompatibility and an adequate proxy is not available
  • G9738

    Patient refused to participate
  • G9739

    Patient unable to complete the general orthopedic fs prom at initial evaluation and/or discharge due to blindness, illiteracy, severe mental incapacity or language incompatibility and an adequate proxy is not available
  • G9740

    Hospice services given to patient any time during the measurement period
  • G9741

    Patients who use hospice services any time during the measurement period
  • G9742

    Psychiatric symptoms assessed
  • G9743

    Psychiatric symptoms not assessed, reason not otherwise specified
  • G9744

    Patient not eligible due to active diagnosis of hypertension
  • G9745

    Documented reason for not screening or recommending a follow-up for high blood pressure
  • G9746

    Patient has mitral stenosis or prosthetic heart valves or patient has transient or reversible cause of af (e.g., pneumonia, hyperthyroidism, pregnancy, cardiac surgery)
  • G9747

    Patient is undergoing palliative dialysis with a catheter
  • G9748

    Patient approved by a qualified transplant program and scheduled to receive a living donor kidney transplant
  • G9749

    Patient is undergoing palliative dialysis with a catheter
  • G9750

    Patient approved by a qualified transplant program and scheduled to receive a living donor kidney transplant
  • G9751

    Patient died at any time during the 24-month measurement period
  • G9752

    Emergency surgery
  • G9753

    Documentation of medical reason for not conducting a search for dicom format images for prior patient ct imaging studies completed at non-affiliated external healthcare facilities or entities within the past 12 months that are available through a secure, authorized, media-free, shared archive (e.g., trauma, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, aortic aneurysm where time is of the essence)
  • G9754

    A finding of an incidental pulmonary nodule
  • G9755

    Documentation of medical reason(s) for not including a recommended interval and modality for follow-up or for no follow-up, and source of recommendations (e.g., patients with unexplained fever, immunocompromised patients who are at risk for infection)
  • G9756

    Surgical procedures that included the use of silicone oil
  • G9757

    Surgical procedures that included the use of silicone oil
  • G9758

    Patient in hospice at any time during the measurement period
  • G9759

    History of preoperative posterior capsule rupture
  • G9760

    Patients who use hospice services any time during the measurement period
  • G9761

    Patients who use hospice services any time during the measurement period
  • G9762

    Patient had at least two hpv vaccines (with at least 146 days between the two) or three hpv vaccines on or between the patient's 9th and 13th birthdays
  • G9763

    Patient did not have at least two hpv vaccines (with at least 146 days between the two) or three hpv vaccines on or between the patient's 9th and 13th birthdays
  • G9764

    Patient has been treated with a systemic medication for psoriasis vulgaris
  • G9765

    Documentation that the patient declined change in medication or alternative therapies were unavailable, has documented contraindications, or has not been treated with a systemic medication for at least six consecutive months (e.g., experienced adverse effects or lack of efficacy with all other therapy options) in order to achieve better disease control as measured by pga, bsa, pasi, or dlqi
  • G9766

    Patients who are transferred from one institution to another with a known diagnosis of cva for endovascular stroke treatment
  • G9767

    Hospitalized patients with newly diagnosed cva considered for endovascular stroke treatment
  • G9768

    Patients who utilize hospice services any time during the measurement period
  • G9769

    Patient had a bone mineral density test in the past two years or received osteoporosis medication or therapy in the past 12 months
  • G9770

    Peripheral nerve block (pnb)
  • G9771

    At least 1 body temperature measurement equal to or greater than 35.5 degrees celsius (or 95.9 degrees fahrenheit) achieved within the 30 minutes immediately before or 15 minutes immediately after anesthesia end time
  • G9772

    Documentation of medical reason(s) for not achieving at least 1 body temperature measurement equal to or greater than 35.5 degrees celsius (or 95.9 degrees fahrenheit) within the 30 minutes immediately before or 15 minutes immediately after anesthesia end time (e.g., emergency cases, intentional hypothermia, etc.)
  • G9773

    At least 1 body temperature measurement equal to or greater than 35.5 degrees celsius (or 95.9 degrees fahrenheit) not achieved within the 30 minutes immediately before or 15 minutes immediately after anesthesia end time, reason not given
  • G9774

    Patients who have had a hysterectomy
  • G9775

    Patient received at least 2 prophylactic pharmacologic anti-emetic agents of different classes preoperatively and/or intraoperatively
  • G9776

    Documentation of medical reason for not receiving at least 2 prophylactic pharmacologic anti-emetic agents of different classes preoperatively and/or intraoperatively (e.g., intolerance or other medical reason)
  • G9777

    Patient did not receive at least 2 prophylactic pharmacologic anti-emetic agents of different classes preoperatively and/or intraoperatively
  • G9778

    Patients who have a diagnosis of pregnancy at any time during the measurement period
  • G9779

    Patients who are breastfeeding at any time during the performance period
  • G9780

    Patients who have a diagnosis of rhabdomyolysis at any time during the performance period
  • G9781

    Documentation of medical reason(s) for not currently being a statin therapy user or receiving an order (prescription) for statin therapy (e.g., patients with statin-associated muscle symptoms or an allergy to statin medication therapy, patients who are receiving palliative or hospice care, patients with active liver disease or hepatic disease or insufficiency, patients with end stage renal disease [esrd], or other medical reasons)
  • G9782

    History of or active diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia
  • G9783

    Documentation of patients with diabetes who have a most recent fasting or direct ldl- c laboratory test result < 70 mg/dl and are not taking statin therapy
  • G9784

    Pathologists/dermatopathologists providing a second opinion on a biopsy
  • G9785

    Pathology report diagnosing cutaneous basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, or melanoma (to include in situ disease) sent from the pathologist/ dermatopathologist to the biopsying clinician for review within 7 days from the time when the tissue specimen was received by the pathologist
  • G9786

    Pathology report diagnosing cutaneous basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, or melanoma (to include in situ disease) was not sent from the pathologist/ dermatopathologist to the biopsying clinician for review within 7 days from the time when the tissue specimen was received by the pathologist

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