G9348 HCPCS Level II Code: Ct scan of the paranasal sinuses ordered at the time of diagnosis for documented reasons
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Doc rsn for ord ct scan
- 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, 2022
- Terminated: December 31, 2021
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, 2022.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G9348 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)
- G9318 — Imaging study named according to standardized nomenclature[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9319 — Imaging study not named according to standardized nomenclature, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9320 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not naming ct studies according to a standardized nomenclature provided (eg, ct studies performed for radiation treatment planning or image-guided radiation treatment delivery)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9321 — Count of previous ct (any type of ct) and cardiac nuclear medicine (myocardial perfusion or infarct avid imaging) studies documented in the 12-month period prior to the current study[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9322 — Count of previous ct and cardiac nuclear medicine (myocardial perfusion or infarct avid imaging) studies not documented in the 12-month period prior to the current study, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9323 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not counting previous ct and cardiac nuclear medicine (myocardial perfusion) studies (eg, ct studies performed for radiation treatment planning or image-guided radiation treatment delivery)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9324 — All necessary data elements not included, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9325 — Ct studies not reported to a radiation dose index registry due to medical reasons (eg, ct studies performed for radiation treatment planning or image-guided radiation treatment delivery)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history (2)
- January 1, 2022 — 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, 2022Removed from the code setCt scan of the paranasal sinuses ordered at the time of diagnosis for documented reasons
- January 1, 2014Added to the code setCt scan of the paranasal sinuses ordered at the time of diagnosis for documented reasons
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9348 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G9343 — Due to medical reasons, search not conducted for dicom format images for prior patient ct imaging studies completed at non-affiliated external healthcare facilities or entities within the past 12…
- G9344 — Due to system reasons search not conducted for dicom format images for prior patient ct imaging studies completed at non-affiliated external healthcare facilities or entities within the past 12…
- G9345 — Follow-up recommendations documented according to recommended guidelines for incidentally detected pulmonary nodules (e.g., follow-up ct imaging studies needed or that no follow-up is needed) based…
- G9346 — Follow-up recommendations not documented according to recommended guidelines for incidentally detected pulmonary nodules due to medical reasons (e.g., patients with known malignant disease, patients…
- G9347 — Follow-up recommendations not documented according to recommended guidelines for incidentally detected pulmonary nodules, reason not given
- G9349 — Ct scan of the paranasal sinuses ordered at the time of diagnosis or received within 28 days after date of diagnosis
- G9350 — Ct scan of the paranasal sinuses not ordered at the time of diagnosis or received within 28 days after date of diagnosis
- G9351 — More than one ct scan of the paranasal sinuses ordered or received within 90 days after diagnosis
- G9352 — More than one ct scan of the paranasal sinuses ordered or received within 90 days after the date of diagnosis, reason not given
- G9353 — More than one ct scan of the paranasal sinuses ordered or received within 90 days after the date of diagnosis for documented reasons (eg, patients with complications, second ct obtained prior to…