Documentation stating the patient has received or is currently receiving palliative or hospice care
Code effective Jan 01, 2022
HCPCS Section
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
G9996 is a valid 2026 HCPCS code meaning Documentation stating the patient has received or is currently receiving palliative or hospice care or (Doc pt pal or hospice) for short. HCPCS G9996 has been effective since 01/01/2022 and applies to Medical care.
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HCPCS Level II Code Section G - Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes) |
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| HCPCS Code | G9996 |
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| Description |
Long description:
Short description: |
| 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 |
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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