HCPCS Code Details - G9821

HCPCS Level II Code
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G9821
Description

Long description:
No documentation of a chlamydia screening test with proper follow-up

Short description:
No doc chlam scr ts w/follow

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, 2017
Date added Added Jan 01, 2017
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 G9820 · Documentation of a chlamydia screening test with proper follow-up

  • HCPCS G0922 · No documentation of disease type, anatomic location, and activity, reason not given

  • HCPCS G8536 · No documentation of an elder maltreatment screen, reason not given

  • HCPCS G8732 · No documentation of pain assessment, reason not given

  • HCPCS G8756 · No documentation of blood pressure measurement, reason not given

  • HCPCS G8889 · No documentation of blood pressure measurement, reason not given

  • HCPCS G9360 · No documentation of negative or managed positive tb screen

  • HCPCS G9579 · No documentation of signed an opioid treatment agreement at least once during opioid therapy

  • HCPCS G9822 · Patients who had an endometrial ablation procedure during the 12 months prior to the index date (exclusive of the index date)


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”