G9050 HCPCS Level II Code: Oncology; primary focus of visit; work-up, evaluation, or staging at the time of cancer diagnosis or recurrence (for use in a medicare-approved demonstration project)
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Oncology work-up evaluation
- Medicare coverage: Not payable by Medicare (CMS coverage code I)
- Payment category: Service not separately priced (pricing indicator 00)
- BETOS: P7B — Oncology - other
- Last CMS action effective: January 1, 2007
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 G9050 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)
- G9006 — Coordinated care fee, home monitoring[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9007 — Coordinated care fee, scheduled team conference[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9008 — Coordinated care fee, physician coordinated care oversight services[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9009 — Coordinated care fee, risk adjusted maintenance, level 3[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9010 — Coordinated care fee, risk adjusted maintenance, level 4[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9011 — Coordinated care fee, risk adjusted maintenance, level 5[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9012 — Other specified case management service not elsewhere classified[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9013 — Esrd demo basic bundle level i[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history
- January 1, 2006 — 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
- 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
- Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder explanation
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Change history
- January 1, 2006Added to the code setOncology; primary focus of visit; work-up, evaluation, or staging at the time of cancer diagnosis or recurrence (for use in a medicare-approved demonstration project)
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9050 in its code family, with their registry titles.
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- G9035 — Oseltamivir phosphate, oral, brand, per 75 mg (for use in a medicare-approved demonstration project)
- G9036 — Rimantadine hydrochloride, oral, brand, per 100 mg (for use in a medicare-approved demonstration project)
- G9037 — Interprofessional telephone/internet/electronic health record clinical question/request for specialty recommendations by a treating/requesting physician or other qualified health care professional…
- G9038 — Co-management services with the following elements: new diagnosis or acute exacerbation and stabilization of existing condition; condition which may benefit from joint care planning; condition for…
- G9051 — Oncology; primary focus of visit; treatment decision-making after disease is staged or restaged, discussion of treatment options, supervising/coordinating active cancer directed therapy or managing…
- G9052 — Oncology; primary focus of visit; surveillance for disease recurrence for patient who has completed definitive cancer-directed therapy and currently lacks evidence of recurrent disease; cancer…
- G9053 — Oncology; primary focus of visit; expectant management of patient with evidence of cancer for whom no cancer directed therapy is being administered or arranged at present; cancer directed therapy…
- G9054 — Oncology; primary focus of visit; supervising, coordinating or managing care of patient with terminal cancer or for whom other medical illness prevents further cancer treatment; includes symptom…
- G9055 — Oncology; primary focus of visit; other, unspecified service not otherwise listed (for use in a medicare-approved demonstration project)