HCPCS Code G9276

Documentation that patient is a current tobacco user
Code effective Jan 01, 2014

HCPCS Section
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)

G9276 is a valid 2026 HCPCS code meaning Documentation that patient is a current tobacco user or (Doc of tobacco user) for short. HCPCS G9276 has been effective since 01/01/2014 and applies to Medical care.

HCPCS Code Details - G9276
HCPCS Level II Code Section G - Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code	`G9276`
Description	Long description: Documentation that patient is a current tobacco user Short description: Doc of tobacco user
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, 2014
Date added	Added Jan 01, 2014

HCPCS G9275 · Documentation that patient is a current non-tobacco user
HCPCS M1471 · Documentation that patient is a medicare fee-for-service beneficiary and without additional supplementary insurance coverage for whom hep b vaccination is not reimbursable under current medicare part b coverage rules
HCPCS G9277 · Documentation that the patient is on daily aspirin or anti-platelet or has documentation of a valid contraindication or exception to aspirin/anti-platelet; contraindications/exceptions include anti-coagulant use, allergy to aspirin or anti-platelets, history of gastrointestinal bleed and bleeding disorder; additionally, the following exceptions documented by the physician as a reason for not taking daily aspirin or anti-platelet are acceptable (use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, documented risk for drug interaction, uncontrolled hypertension defined as >180 systolic or >110 diastolic or gastroesophageal reflux)

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”

HCPCS Level II codes and descriptors are approved and maintained jointly by the alpha-numeric editorial panel (consisting of CMS, the Health Insurance Association of America, and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association). — Updated 6/23/2026

HCPCS Code G9276

HCPCS Code Details - G9276

See also

HCPCS G9275 · Documentation that patient is a current non-tobacco user

HCPCS M1471 · Documentation that patient is a medicare fee-for-service beneficiary and without additional supplementary insurance coverage for whom hep b vaccination is not reimbursable under current medicare part b coverage rules