HCPCS Code Details - G9681

HCPCS Level II Code
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G9681
Description

Long description:
This code is for onsite acute care treatment of a resident with copd or asthma; may only be billed once per day per beneficiary

Short description:
Acute care chronic obstruct

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 Oct 01, 2016
Date added Added Oct 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 G9679 · This code is for onsite acute care treatment of a nursing facility resident with pneumonia; may only be billed once per day per beneficiary

  • HCPCS G9680 · This code is for onsite acute care treatment of a nursing facility resident with chf; may only be billed once per day per beneficiary

  • HCPCS G9682 · This code is for the onsite acute care treatment a nursing facility resident with a skin infection; may only be billed once per day per beneficiary

  • HCPCS G9684 · This code is for the onsite acute care treatment of a nursing facility resident for a uti; may only be billed once per day per beneficiary


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”