HCPCS Code G9595

Patient has documentation of ventricular shunt, brain tumor, or coagulopathy

Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)

G9595 is a valid 2024 HCPCS code for Patient has documentation of ventricular shunt, brain tumor, or coagulopathy or just “Doc shnt/tum/coag” for short, used in Medical care.

HCPCS Code Details - G9595

HCPCS Level II Code
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G9595
Description

Long description:
Patient has documentation of ventricular shunt, brain tumor, or coagulopathy

Short description:
Doc shnt/tum/coag

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, 2020
Date added Added Jan 01, 2016
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 G9594 · Patient presented with a minor blunt head trauma and had a head ct ordered for trauma by an emergency care provider

  • HCPCS G9531 · Patient has documentation of ventricular shunt, brain tumor, multisystem trauma, or is currently taking an antiplatelet medication including: abciximab, anagrelide, cangrelor, cilostazol, clopidogrel, dipyridamole, eptifibatide, prasugrel, ticlopidine, ticagrelor, tirofiban, or vorapaxar

  • HCPCS G9596 · Pediatric patient had a head ct for trauma ordered by someone other than an emergency care provider or was ordered for a reason other than trauma

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”