G9855 – Patients who died from cancer

Long description

Patients who died from cancer

Short description

Pt died from cancer

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, 2021 – No change

Termination date

December 31, 2020

Nearby G codes

• G9847 – Patient received systemic cancer-directed therapy in the last 14 days of life
• G9848 – Patient did not receive systemic cancer-directed therapy in the last 14 days of life
• G9849 – Patients who died from cancer
• G9850 – Patient had more than one emergency department visit in the last 30 days of life
• G9851 – Patient had one or less emergency department visits in the last 30 days of life
• G9852 – Patients who died from cancer
• G9853 – Patient admitted to the icu in the last 30 days of life
• G9854 – Patient was not admitted to the icu in the last 30 days of life
• G9856 – Patient was not admitted to hospice
• G9857 – Patient admitted to hospice
• G9858 – Patient enrolled in hospice
• G9859 – Patients who died from cancer
• G9860 – Patient spent less than three days in hospice care
• G9861 – Patient spent greater than or equal to three days in hospice care
• G9862 – Documentation of medical reason(s) for not recommending at least a 10 year follow-up interval (e.g., inadequate prep, familial or personal history of colonic polyps, patient had no adenoma and age is = 66 years old, or life expectancy < 10 years old, other medical reasons)
• G9868 – Receipt and analysis of remote, asynchronous images for dermatologic and/or ophthalmologic evaluation, for use only in a medicare-approved cmmi model, less than 10 minutes