HCPCS Code Details - G9406

HCPCS Level II Code
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G9406
Description

Long description:
Clinician documented reason patient was not able to complete 7 day follow-up from acute inpatient setting discharge (i.e patient death prior to follow-up visit, patient non-compliance for visit follow-up)

Short description:
Doc reas no 7d f/u

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 Z2 - Undefined codes
HCPCS Action code D - Discontinue procedure or modifier code
Type of service 1 - Medical care
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 2025
Date added Added Jan 01, 2015
Termination date Dec 31, 2024
HCPCS Coding Procedures
  HCPCS Code G9406 has been discontinued effective Jan 01, 2025.

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 G9405 · Patient received follow-up within 7 days after discharge

  • HCPCS G8884 · Clinician documented reason that patient's biopsy results were not reviewed

  • HCPCS G9403 · Clinician documented reason patient was not able to complete 30 day follow-up from acute inpatient setting discharge (e.g., patient death prior to follow-up visit, patient non-compliant for visit follow-up)

  • HCPCS G9407 · Patient did not receive follow-up within 7 days after discharge


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”