G9746 – Patient has mitral stenosis or prosthetic heart valves or patient has transient or reversible cause of af (e.g., pneumonia, hyperthyroidism, pregnancy, cardiac surgery)

Long description

Patient has mitral stenosis or prosthetic heart valves or patient has transient or reversible cause of af (e.g., pneumonia, hyperthyroidism, pregnancy, cardiac surgery)

Short description

Mit sten, valve or trans af

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, 2017

Last change

January 1, 2017 – No change

Nearby G codes

• G9738 – Patient refused to participate
• G9739 – Patient unable to complete the general orthopedic fs prom at initial evaluation and/or discharge due to blindness, illiteracy, severe mental incapacity or language incompatibility and an adequate proxy is not available
• G9740 – Hospice services given to patient any time during the measurement period
• G9741 – Patients who use hospice services any time during the measurement period
• G9742 – Psychiatric symptoms assessed
• G9743 – Psychiatric symptoms not assessed, reason not otherwise specified
• G9744 – Patient not eligible due to active diagnosis of hypertension
• G9745 – Documented reason for not screening or recommending a follow-up for high blood pressure
• G9747 – Patient is undergoing palliative dialysis with a catheter
• G9748 – Patient approved by a qualified transplant program and scheduled to receive a living donor kidney transplant
• G9749 – Patient is undergoing palliative dialysis with a catheter
• G9750 – Patient approved by a qualified transplant program and scheduled to receive a living donor kidney transplant
• G9751 – Patient died at any time during the 24-month measurement period
• G9752 – Emergency surgery
• G9753 – Documentation of medical reason for not conducting a search for dicom format images for prior patient ct imaging studies completed at non-affiliated external healthcare facilities or entities within the past 12 months that are available through a secure, authorized, media-free, shared archive (e.g., trauma, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, aortic aneurysm where time is of the essence)
• G9754 – A finding of an incidental pulmonary nodule