G0444 HCPCS Level II Code: Annual depression screening, 5 to 15 minutes

Contextual Map

Every relationship of G0444 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)

• G0421 — Face-to-face educational services related to the care of chronic kidney disease; group, per session, per one hour[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• G0422 — Intensive cardiac rehabilitation; with or without continuous ecg monitoring with exercise, per session[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• G0423 — Intensive cardiac rehabilitation; with or without continuous ecg monitoring; without exercise, per session[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• G0424 — Pulmonary rehabilitation, including exercise (includes monitoring), one hour, per session, up to two sessions per day[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• G0425 — Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 30 minutes communicating with the patient via telehealth[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• G0426 — Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 50 minutes communicating with the patient via telehealth[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• G0427 — Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 70 minutes or more communicating with the patient via telehealth[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• G0428 — Collagen meniscus implant procedure for filling meniscal defects (e.g., cmi, collagen scaffold, menaflex)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• and 32 more

Change history

• October 14, 2011 — Added to the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)

Sources for this page

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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

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Nearest Codes in This Family

Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G0444 in its code family, with their registry titles.

• G0437 — Smoking and tobacco cessation counseling visit for the asymptomatic patient; intensive, greater than 10 minutes
• G0438 — Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit
• G0439 — Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
• G0442 — Annual alcohol misuse screening, 5 to 15 minutes
• G0443 — Brief face-to-face behavioral counseling for alcohol misuse, 15 minutes
• G0445 — High intensity behavioral counseling to prevent sexually transmitted infection; face-to-face, individual, includes: education, skills training and guidance on how to change sexual behavior; performed…
• G0446 — Annual, face-to-face intensive behavioral therapy for cardiovascular disease, individual, 15 minutes
• G0447 — Face-to-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes
• G0448 — Insertion or replacement of a permanent pacing cardioverter-defibrillator system with transvenous lead(s), single or dual chamber with insertion of pacing electrode, cardiac venous system, for left…
• G0451 — Development testing, with interpretation and report, per standardized instrument form