G9176 HCPCS Level II Code: Other speech language pathology functional limitation, discharge status at discharge from therapy or to end reporting
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Speech lang d/c status
- Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment (CMS coverage code C)
- Payment category: Service not separately priced (pricing indicator 00)
- BETOS: M5D — Specialist - other
- Last CMS action effective: January 1, 2020
- Terminated: December 31, 2019
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.
Code Set: Removed from the code set — not valid on or after January 1, 2020.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G9176 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)
- G9148 — National committee for quality assurance - level 1 medical home[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9149 — National committee for quality assurance - level 2 medical home[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9150 — National committee for quality assurance - level 3 medical home[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9151 — Mapcp demonstration - state provided services[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9152 — Mapcp demonstration - community health teams[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9153 — Mapcp demonstration - physician incentive pool[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9156 — Evaluation for wheelchair requiring face to face visit with physician[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9157 — Transesophageal doppler measurement of cardiac output (including probe placement, image acquisition, and interpretation per course of treatment) for monitoring purposes[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history (2)
- January 1, 2020 — Removed from the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)
- and 1 more
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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Change history
- January 1, 2020Removed from the code setOther speech language pathology functional limitation, discharge status at discharge from therapy or to end reporting
- January 1, 2013Added to the code setOther speech language pathology functional limitation, discharge status at discharge from therapy or to end reporting
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9176 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G9171 — Voice functional limitation, current status at therapy episode outset and at reporting intervals
- G9172 — Voice functional limitation, projected goal status at therapy episode outset, at reporting intervals, and at discharge or to end reporting
- G9173 — Voice functional limitation, discharge status at discharge from therapy or to end reporting
- G9174 — Other speech language pathology functional limitation, current status at therapy episode outset and at reporting intervals
- G9175 — Other speech language pathology functional limitation, projected goal status at therapy episode outset, at reporting intervals, and at discharge or to end reporting
- G9186 — Motor speech functional limitation, projected goal status at therapy episode outset, at reporting intervals, and at discharge or to end reporting
- G9187 — Bundled payments for care improvement initiative home visit for patient assessment performed by a qualified health care professional for individuals not considered homebound including, but not…
- G9188 — Beta-blocker therapy not prescribed, reason not given
- G9189 — Beta-blocker therapy prescribed or currently being taken
- G9190 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not prescribing beta-blocker therapy (eg, allergy, intolerance, other medical reasons)