HCPCS Code Details - G9920

HCPCS Level II Code
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G9920
Description

Long description:
Screening performed and negative

Short description:
Scrning perf and negative

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, 2018
Date added Added Jan 01, 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 G9281 · Screening performed and documentation that vaccination not indicated/patient refusal

  • HCPCS G9919 · Screening performed and positive and provision of recommendations

  • HCPCS G9921 · No screening performed, partial screening performed or positive screen without recommendations and reason is not given or otherwise specified


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”