HCPCS Code G0038

Clinician determines patient does not require referral
Code effective Jan 01, 2022

HCPCS Section
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)

G0038 is a valid 2026 HCPCS code meaning Clinician determines patient does not require referral or (Clin pt no ref) for short. HCPCS G0038 has been effective since 01/01/2022 and applies to Medical care.


HCPCS Code Details - G0038

HCPCS Level II Code
Section G - Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G0038
Description

Long description:
Clinician determines patient does not require referral

Short description:
Clin pt no ref

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, 2022
Date added Added Jan 01, 2022

See also

  • HCPCS G0037 · On date of encounter, patient is not able to participate in assessment or screening, including non-verbal patients, delirious, severely aphasic, severely developmentally delayed, severe visual or hearing impairment and for those patients, no knowledgeable informant available

  • HCPCS G0039 · Patient not referred, reason not otherwise specified

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”


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