HCPCS Code Details - G9534

HCPCS Level II Code
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G9534
Description

Long description:
Advanced brain imaging (cta, ct, mra or mri) was not ordered

Short description:
Adv brain image not ordered

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 N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service 1 - Medical care
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 2019
Date added Added Jan 01, 2016
Termination date Dec 31, 2018
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 G9533 · Patient with minor blunt head trauma did not have an appropriate indication(s) for a head ct

  • HCPCS G9538 · Advanced brain imaging (cta, ct, mra or mri) was ordered

  • HCPCS G9535 · Patients with a normal neurological examination


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”