G9408 HCPCS Level II Code: Patients with cardiac tamponade and/or pericardiocentesis occurring within 30 days
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Card tamp w/in 30d
- 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, 2015
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.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G9408 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)
- G9400 — Documentation of medical or patient reason(s) for not discussing treatment options; medical reasons: patient is not a candidate for treatment due to advanced physical or mental health comorbidity (including active substance use); currently receiving antiviral treatment; successful antiviral treatment (with sustained virologic response) prior to reporting period; other documented medical reasons; patient reasons: patient unable or unwilling to participate in the discussion or other patient reasons[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9401 — No documentation in the patient record of a discussion between the physician or other qualified healthcare professional and the patient that includes all of the following: treatment choices appropriate to genotype, risks and benefits, evidence of effectiveness, and patient preferences toward treatment[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9402 — Patient received follow-up within 30 days after discharge[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9403 — Clinician documented reason patient was not able to complete 30 day follow-up from acute inpatient setting discharge (e.g., patient death prior to follow-up visit, patient non-compliant for visit follow-up)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9404 — Patient did not receive follow-up within 30 days after discharge[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9405 — Patient received follow-up within 7 days after discharge[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9406 — Clinician documented reason patient was not able to complete 7 day follow-up from acute inpatient setting discharge (i.e patient death prior to follow-up visit, patient non-compliance for visit follow-up)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9407 — Patient did not receive follow-up within 7 days after discharge[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history
- January 1, 2015 — Added to the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)
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, 2015Added to the code setPatients with cardiac tamponade and/or pericardiocentesis occurring within 30 days
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9408 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G9403 — Clinician documented reason patient was not able to complete 30 day follow-up from acute inpatient setting discharge (e.g., patient death prior to follow-up visit, patient non-compliant for visit…
- G9404 — Patient did not receive follow-up within 30 days after discharge
- G9405 — Patient received follow-up within 7 days after discharge
- G9406 — Clinician documented reason patient was not able to complete 7 day follow-up from acute inpatient setting discharge (i.e patient death prior to follow-up visit, patient non-compliance for visit…
- G9407 — Patient did not receive follow-up within 7 days after discharge
- G9409 — Patients without cardiac tamponade and/or pericardiocentesis occurring within 30 days
- G9410 — Patient admitted within 180 days, status post cied implantation, replacement, or revision with an infection requiring device removal or surgical revision
- G9411 — Patient not admitted within 180 days, status post cied implantation, replacement, or revision with an infection requiring device removal or surgical revision
- G9412 — Patient admitted within 180 days, status post cied implantation, replacement, or revision with an infection requiring device removal or surgical revision
- G9413 — Patient not admitted within 180 days, status post cied implantation, replacement, or revision with an infection requiring device removal or surgical revision