HCPCS Code G9888

Maintenance 5% wl from baseline weight in months 7-12
Code effective Jan 01, 2024

HCPCS Section
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)

G9888 is a valid 2026 HCPCS code meaning Maintenance 5% wl from baseline weight in months 7-12 or (5% wl maintnd from bsline wt) for short. HCPCS G9888 has been effective since 01/01/2024 and applies to Medical care.

HCPCS Code Details - G9888

HCPCS Level II Code
Section G - Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G9888
Description

Long description:
Maintenance 5% wl from baseline weight in months 7-12

Short description:
5% wl maintnd from bsline wt

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 Y1 - Other - Medicare fee schedule
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service 1 - Medical care
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 2024
Date added Added Jan 01, 2024

See also

  • HCPCS G9887 · Behavioral counseling for diabetes prevention, distance learning, 60 minutes

  • HCPCS G9890 · Bridge payment: a one-time payment for the first medicare diabetes prevention program (mdpp) core session, core maintenance session, or ongoing maintenance session furnished by an mdpp supplier to an mdpp beneficiary during months 1-24 of the mdpp expanded model (em) who has previously received mdpp services from a different mdpp supplier under the mdpp expanded model. a supplier may only receive one bridge payment per mdpp beneficiary

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2 BETOS stands for “Berenson-Eggers Type Of Service”

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