G9389 HCPCS Level II Code: Unplanned rupture of the posterior capsule requiring vitrectomy during cataract surgery
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Unpln rup post cap
- Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment (CMS coverage code C)
- Payment category: Service not separately priced (pricing indicator 00)
- BETOS: Z2 — Undefined codes
- 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 G9389 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)
- G9350 — Ct scan of the paranasal sinuses not ordered at the time of diagnosis or received within 28 days after date of diagnosis[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9351 — More than one ct scan of the paranasal sinuses ordered or received within 90 days after diagnosis[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9352 — More than one ct scan of the paranasal sinuses ordered or received within 90 days after the date of diagnosis, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- 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 surgery, other medical reasons)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9354 — One ct scan or no ct scan of the paranasal sinuses ordered within 90 days after the date of diagnosis[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9355 — Elective delivery (without medical indication) by cesarean birth or induction of labor not performed (<39 weeks of gestation)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9356 — Elective delivery (without medical indication) by cesarean birth or induction of labor performed (<39 weeks of gestation)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9357 — Post-partum screenings, evaluations and education performed[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 setUnplanned rupture of the posterior capsule requiring vitrectomy during cataract surgery
- January 1, 2015Added to the code setUnplanned rupture of the posterior capsule requiring vitrectomy during cataract surgery
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9389 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G9382 — Patient not offered assistance with end of life issues or existing end of life plan was not reviewed or updated during the measurement period
- G9383 — Patient received screening for hcv infection within the 12 month reporting period
- G9384 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not receiving annual screening for hcv infection (e.g., decompensated cirrhosis indicating advanced disease [i.e., ascites, esophageal variceal bleeding,…
- G9385 — Documentation of patient reason(s) for not receiving annual screening for hcv infection (e.g., patient declined, other patient reasons)
- G9386 — Screening for hcv infection not received within the 12 month reporting period, reason not given
- G9390 — No unplanned rupture of the posterior capsule requiring vitrectomy during cataract surgery
- G9391 — Patient achieves refraction +-1 d for the eye that underwent cataract surgery, measured at the one month follow up visit
- G9392 — Patient does not achieve refraction +-1 d for the eye that underwent cataract surgery, measured at the one month follow up visit
- G9393 — Patient with an initial phq-9 score greater than nine who achieves remission at twelve months as demonstrated by a twelve month (+/- 30 days) phq-9 score of less than five
- G9394 — Patient who had a diagnosis of bipolar disorder or personality disorder, death, permanent nursing home resident or receiving hospice or palliative care any time during the measurement or assessment…