G9581 – Door to puncture time of greater than 2 hours for reasons documented by clinician (e.g., patients who are transferred from one institution to another with a known diagnosis of cva for endovascular stroke treatment; hospitalized patients with newly diagnosed cva considered for endovascular stroke treatment)

Long description

Door to puncture time of greater than 2 hours for reasons documented by clinician (e.g., patients who are transferred from one institution to another with a known diagnosis of cva for endovascular stroke treatment; hospitalized patients with newly diagnosed cva considered for endovascular stroke treatment)

Short description

Md doc, door to punc tm >2hr

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, 2016

Last change

January 1, 2017 – No change

Termination date

December 31, 2016

Nearby G codes

• G9563 – Patients who did not have a follow-up evaluation conducted at least every three months during opioid therapy
• G9572 – Index date phq-score greater than 9 documented during the twelve month denominator identification period
• G9573 – Adult patients 18 years of age or older with major depression or dysthymia who did not reach remission at six months as demonstrated by a six month (+/-60 days) phq-9 or phq-9m score of less than five
• G9574 – Adult patients 18 years of age or older with major depression or dysthymia who did not reach remission at six months as demonstrated by a six month (+/-60 days) phq-9 or phq-9m score of less than five; either phq-9 or phq-9m score was not assessed or is greater than or equal to five
• G9577 – Patients prescribed opiates for longer than six weeks
• G9578 – Documentation of signed opioid treatment agreement at least once during opioid therapy
• G9579 – No documentation of signed an opioid treatment agreement at least once during opioid therapy
• G9580 – Door to puncture time of 90 minutes or less
• G9582 – Door to puncture time of greater than 90 minutes, no reason given
• G9583 – Patients prescribed opiates for longer than six weeks
• G9584 – Patient evaluated for risk of misuse of opiates by using a brief validated instrument (e.g., opioid risk tool, soapp-r) or patient interviewed at least once during opioid therapy
• G9585 – Patient not evaluated for risk of misuse of opiates by using a brief validated instrument (e.g., opioid risk tool, soapp-r) or patient not interviewed at least once during opioid therapy
• G9593 – Pediatric patient with minor blunt head trauma classified as low risk according to the pecarn prediction rules
• G9594 – Patient presented with a minor blunt head trauma and had a head ct ordered for trauma by an emergency care provider
• G9595 – Patient has documentation of ventricular shunt, brain tumor, or coagulopathy
• G9596 – Pediatric patient had a head ct for trauma ordered by someone other than an emergency care provider or was ordered for a reason other than trauma