G0034 – Patients receiving palliative care during the measurement period

Long description

Patients receiving palliative care during the measurement period

Short description

Pall serv during meas

Pricing indicator

00 Not separately priced by Part B (bundled, not covered or Part A only)

Medicare coverage

C Carrier judgment – coverage decided by the Medicare contractor

BETOS category

Z2 Undefined codes

Added

January 1, 2022

Last change

January 1, 2022 – No change

Nearby G codes

• G0024 – Principal illness navigation services, additional 30 minutes per calendar month (list separately in addition to g0023)
• G0027 – Semen analysis; presence and/or motility of sperm excluding huhner
• G0028 – Documentation of medical reason(s) for not screening for tobacco use (e.g., limited life expectancy, other medical reason)
• G0029 – Tobacco screening not performed or tobacco cessation intervention not provided during the measurement period or in the six months prior to the measurement period
• G0030 – Patient screened for tobacco use and received tobacco cessation intervention during the measurement period or in the six months prior to the measurement period (counseling, pharmacotherapy, or both), if identified as a tobacco user
• G0031 – Palliative care services given to patient any time during the measurement period
• G0032 – Two or more antipsychotic prescriptions ordered for patients who had a diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar disorder on or between january 1 of the year prior to the measurement period and the index prescription start date (ipsd) for antipsychotics
• G0033 – Two or more benzodiazepine prescriptions ordered for patients who had a diagnosis of seizure disorders, rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder, benzodiazepine withdrawal, ethanol withdrawal, or severe generalized anxiety disorder on or between january 1 of the year prior to the measurement period and the ipsd for benzodiazepines
• G0035 – Patient has any emergency department encounter during the performance period with place of service indicator 23
• G0036 – Patient or care partner decline assessment
• G0037 – On date of encounter, patient is not able to participate in assessment or screening, including non-verbal patients, delirious, severely aphasic, severely developmentally delayed, severe visual or hearing impairment and for those patients, no knowledgeable informant available
• G0038 – Clinician determines patient does not require referral
• G0039 – Patient not referred, reason not otherwise specified
• G0040 – Patient already receiving physical/occupational/speech/recreational therapy during the measurement period
• G0041 – Patient and/or care partner decline referral
• G0042 – Referral to physical, occupational, speech, or recreational therapy