G9248 HCPCS Level II Code: Patient did not have a medical visit in the last 6 months
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: No med visit 6mo
- 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, 2015
- Terminated: December 31, 2014
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, 2015.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G9248 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)
- G9228 — Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis screening results documented (report when results are present for all of the 3 screenings)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9229 — Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis screening results not documented (patient refusal is the only allowed exception)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9230 — Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis not screened, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9231 — Documentation of end stage renal disease (esrd), dialysis, renal transplant before or during the measurement period or pregnancy during the measurement period[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9232 — Clinician treating major depressive disorder did not communicate to clinician treating comorbid condition for specified patient reason (e.g., patient is unable to communicate the diagnosis of a comorbid condition; the patient is unwilling to communicate the diagnosis of a comorbid condition; or the patient is unaware of the comorbid condition, or any other specified patient reason)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9233 — All quality actions for the applicable measures in the total knee replacement measures group have been performed for this patient[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9234 — I intend to report the total knee replacement measures group[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9235 — All quality actions for the applicable measures in the general surgery measures group have been performed for this patient[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history (2)
- January 1, 2015 — 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
- Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
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Change history
- January 1, 2015Removed from the code setPatient did not have a medical visit in the last 6 months
- January 1, 2014Added to the code setPatient did not have a medical visit in the last 6 months
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9248 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G9243 — Documentation of viral load less than 200 copies/ml
- G9244 — Antiretroviral thereapy not prescribed
- G9245 — Antiretroviral therapy prescribed
- G9246 — Patient did not have two eligible encounters at least 90 days apart or one eligible encounter and one hiv viral load test at least 90 days apart
- G9247 — Patient had two eligible encounters at least 90 days apart or one eligible encounter and one hiv viral load test at least 90 days apart
- G9249 — Patient had a medical visit in the last 6 months
- G9250 — Documentation of patient pain brought to a comfortable level within 48 hours from initial assessment
- G9251 — Documentation of patient with pain not brought to a comfortable level within 48 hours from initial assessment
- G9252 — Adenoma(s) or other neoplasm detected during screening colonoscopy
- G9253 — Adenoma(s) or other neoplasm not detected during screening colonoscopy