HCPCS Code Details - G9164

HCPCS Level II Code
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G9164
Description

Long description:
Spoken language expression functional limitation, discharge status at discharge from therapy or to end reporting

Short description:
Lang express d/c status

HCPCS Modifier1
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 M5D - Specialist - other
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service 1 - Medical care
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 2020
Date added Added Jan 01, 2013
Termination date Dec 31, 2019
HCPCS Coding Procedures

HCPCS Modifiers

In HCPCS Level II, modifiers are composed of two alpha or alphanumeric characters.

Example: E0260-NU - Hospital bed, semi-electric (head and foot adjustment), with any type side rails, with mattress
NU” identifies the hospital bed as new equipment

See also

  • HCPCS G9162 · Spoken language expression functional limitation, current status at therapy episode outset and at reporting intervals

  • HCPCS G9163 · Spoken language expression functional limitation, projected goal status at therapy episode outset, at reporting intervals, and at discharge or to end reporting

  • HCPCS G9165 · Attention functional limitation, current status at therapy episode outset and at reporting intervals


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”