G0031 HCPCS Level II Code: Palliative care services given to patient any time during the measurement period
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Pall serv during meas
- Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment (CMS coverage code C)
- Payment category: Service not separately priced (pricing indicator 00)
- BETOS: Z2 — Undefined codes
- Last CMS action effective: January 1, 2022
Source: CMS HCPCS Level II release. Coverage codes indicate how Medicare treats the code, not whether a specific claim will be paid; payer policy and documentation still govern.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G0031 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.
Nearest codes (40)
- G0008 — Administration of influenza virus vaccine[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G0009 — Administration of pneumococcal vaccine[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G0010 — Administration of hepatitis b vaccine[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G0011 — Individual counseling for pre-exposure prophylaxis (prep) by physician or qualified health care professional (qhp) to prevent human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), includes hiv risk assessment (initial or continued assessment of risk), hiv risk reduction and medication adherence, 15-30 minutes[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G0012 — Injection of pre-exposure prophylaxis (prep) drug for hiv prevention, under skin or into muscle[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G0013 — Individual counseling for pre-exposure prophylaxis (prep) by clinical staff to prevent human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), includes: hiv risk assessment (initial or continued assessment of risk), hiv risk reduction and medication adherence[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G0017 — Psychotherapy for crisis furnished in an applicable site of service (any place of service at which the non-facility rate for psychotherapy for crisis services applies, other than the office setting); first 60 minutes[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G0018 — Psychotherapy for crisis furnished in an applicable site of service (any place of service at which the non-facility rate for psychotherapy for crisis services applies, other than the office setting); each additional 30 minutes (list separately in addition to code for primary service)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history
- January 1, 2022 — Added to the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)
Sources for this page
Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.
- Code, descriptors, coverage and pricing attributes Official source data
- CMS HCPCS Alpha-Numeric (ANWEB) release — July 2026 quarterly update Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
- Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
- CMS HCPCS quarterly update files, ingested into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
- Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
- Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
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Change history
- January 1, 2022Added to the code setPalliative care services given to patient any time during the measurement period
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G0031 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G0024 — Principal illness navigation services, additional 30 minutes per calendar month (list separately in addition to g0023)
- G0027 — Semen analysis; presence and/or motility of sperm excluding huhner
- G0028 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not screening for tobacco use (e.g., limited life expectancy, other medical reason)
- G0029 — Tobacco screening not performed or tobacco cessation intervention not provided during the measurement period or in the six months prior to the measurement period
- G0030 — Patient screened for tobacco use and received tobacco cessation intervention during the measurement period or in the six months prior to the measurement period (counseling, pharmacotherapy, or both),…
- G0032 — Two or more antipsychotic prescriptions ordered for patients who had a diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar disorder on or between january 1 of the year prior to the…
- G0033 — Two or more benzodiazepine prescriptions ordered for patients who had a diagnosis of seizure disorders, rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder, benzodiazepine withdrawal, ethanol withdrawal, or…
- G0034 — Patients receiving palliative care during the measurement period
- G0035 — Patient has any emergency department encounter during the performance period with place of service indicator 23
- G0036 — Patient or care partner decline assessment