G9237 – I intend to report the general surgery measures group

Long description

I intend to report the general surgery measures group

Short description

Gs mg intent

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

M5B Specialist - psychiatry

Added

January 1, 2014

Last change

January 1, 2017 – No change

Termination date

December 31, 2016

Nearby G codes

• G9229 – Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis screening results not documented (patient refusal is the only allowed exception)
• G9230 – Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis not screened, reason not given
• G9231 – Documentation of end stage renal disease (esrd), dialysis, renal transplant before or during the measurement period or pregnancy during the measurement period
• G9232 – Clinician treating major depressive disorder did not communicate to clinician treating comorbid condition for specified patient reason (e.g., patient is unable to communicate the diagnosis of a comorbid condition; the patient is unwilling to communicate the diagnosis of a comorbid condition; or the patient is unaware of the comorbid condition, or any other specified patient reason)
• G9233 – All quality actions for the applicable measures in the total knee replacement measures group have been performed for this patient
• G9234 – I intend to report the total knee replacement measures group
• G9235 – All quality actions for the applicable measures in the general surgery measures group have been performed for this patient
• G9236 – All quality actions for the applicable measures in the optimizing patient exposure to ionizing radiation measures group have been performed for this patient
• G9238 – I intend to report the optimizing patient exposure to ionizing radiation measures group
• G9239 – Documentation of reasons for patient initiating maintenance hemodialysis with a catheter as the mode of vascular access (e.g., patient has a maturing arteriovenous fistula (avf)/arteriovenous graft (avg), time-limited trial of hemodialysis, other medical reasons, patient declined avf/avg, other patient reasons, patient followed by reporting nephrologist for fewer than 90 days, other system reasons)
• G9240 – Patient whose mode of vascular access is a catheter at the time maintenance hemodialysis is initiated
• G9241 – Patient whose mode of vascular access is not a catheter at the time maintenance hemodialysis is initiated
• G9242 – Documentation of viral load equal to or greater than 200 copies/ml or viral load not performed
• G9243 – Documentation of viral load less than 200 copies/ml
• G9244 – Antiretroviral thereapy not prescribed
• G9245 – Antiretroviral therapy prescribed