G9595 – Patient has documentation of ventricular shunt, brain tumor, or coagulopathy

Long description

Patient has documentation of ventricular shunt, brain tumor, or coagulopathy

Short description

Doc shnt/tum/coag

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, 2020 – No change

Nearby G codes

• G9580 – Door to puncture time of 90 minutes or less
• 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)
• 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
• 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
• G9597 – Pediatric patient with minor blunt head trauma not classified as low risk according to the pecarn prediction rules
• G9598 – Aortic aneurysm 5.5 - 5.9 cm maximum diameter on centerline formatted ct or minor diameter on axial formatted ct
• G9599 – Aortic aneurysm 6.0 cm or greater maximum diameter on centerline formatted ct or minor diameter on axial formatted ct
• G9600 – Symptomatic aaas that required urgent/emergent (non-elective) repair
• G9601 – Patient discharge to home no later than post-operative day #7
• G9602 – Patient not discharged to home by post-operative day #7
• G9603 – Patient survey score improved from baseline following treatment