G9239 HCPCS Level II Code: Doc rsn hemod & cath acc
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Doc rsn hemod & cath acc
- Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment (CMS coverage code C)
- Payment category: Service not separately priced (pricing indicator 00)
- BETOS: M5B — Specialist - psychiatry
- Last CMS action effective: January 1, 2021
- Terminated: December 31, 2020
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, 2021.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G9239 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)
- G9219 — Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia prophylaxis not prescribed within 3 months of low cd4+ cell count below 200 cells/mm3 for medical reason (i.e., patient's cd4+ cell count above threshold within 3 months after cd4+ cell count below threshold, indicating that the patient's cd4+ levels are within an acceptable range and the patient does not require pcp prophylaxis)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9220 — Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia prophylaxis not prescribed within 3 months of low cd4+ cell count below 500 cells/mm3 or a cd4 percentage below 15% for medical reason (i.e., patient's cd4+ cell count above threshold within 3 months after cd4+ cell count below threshold, indicating that the patient's cd4+ levels are within an acceptable range and the patient does not require pcp prophylaxis)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9221 — Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia prophlaxis prescribed[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9222 — Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia prophylaxis prescribed wthin 3 months of low cd4+ cell count below 200 cells/mm3[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9223 — Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia prophylaxis prescribed within 3 months of low cd4+ cell count below 500 cells/mm3 or a cd4 percentage below 15%[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9224 — Documentation of medical reason for not performing foot exam (e.g., patient with bilateral foot/leg amputation)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9225 — Foot exam was not performed, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9226 — Foot examination performed (includes examination through visual inspection, sensory exam with 10-g monofilament plus testing any one of the following: vibration using 128-hz tuning fork, pinprick sensation, ankle reflexes, or vibration perception threshold, and pulse exam; report when all of the 3 components are completed)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history (2)
- January 1, 2021 — 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, 2021Removed from the code setDocumentation of reasons for patient initiating maintenance hemodialysis with a catheter as the mode of vascular access (e.g., patient has a maturing arteriovenous fistula (avf)/arteriovenous graft (avg), time-limited trial of hemodialysis, other medical reasons, patient declined avf/avg, other patient reasons, patient followed by reporting nephrologist for fewer than 90 days, other system reasons)
- January 1, 2014Added to the code setDocumentation of reasons for patient initiating maintenance hemodialysis with a catheter as the mode of vascular access (e.g., patient has a maturing arteriovenous fistula (avf)/arteriovenous graft (avg), time-limited trial of hemodialysis, other medical reasons, patient declined avf/avg, other patient reasons, patient followed by reporting nephrologist for fewer than 90 days, other system reasons)
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9239 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G9234 — I intend to report the total knee replacement measures group
- G9235 — All quality actions for the applicable measures in the general surgery measures group have been performed for this patient
- G9236 — All quality actions for the applicable measures in the optimizing patient exposure to ionizing radiation measures group have been performed for this patient
- G9237 — I intend to report the general surgery measures group
- G9238 — I intend to report the optimizing patient exposure to ionizing radiation measures group
- G9240 — Patient whose mode of vascular access is a catheter at the time maintenance hemodialysis is initiated
- G9241 — Patient whose mode of vascular access is not a catheter at the time maintenance hemodialysis is initiated
- G9242 — Documentation of viral load equal to or greater than 200 copies/ml or viral load not performed
- G9243 — Documentation of viral load less than 200 copies/ml
- G9244 — Antiretroviral thereapy not prescribed