G9481 HCPCS Level II Code: Remote e/m new pt 10mins
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Remote e/m new pt 10mins
- 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, 2018
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 G9481 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)
- G9452 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not receiving hcv antibody test due to limited life expectancy[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9453 — Documentation of patient reason(s) for not receiving one-time screening for hcv infection (e.g., patient declined, other patient reasons)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9454 — One-time screening for hcv infection not received within 12-month reporting period and no documentation of prior screening for hcv infection, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9455 — Patient underwent abdominal imaging with ultrasound, contrast enhanced ct or contrast mri for hcc[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9456 — Documentation of medical or patient reason(s) for not ordering or performing screening for hcc. medical reason: comorbid medical conditions with expected survival < 5 years, hepatic decompensation and not a candidate for liver transplantation, or other medical reasons; patient reasons: patient declined or other patient reasons (e.g., cost of tests, time related to accessing testing equipment)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9457 — Patient did not undergo abdominal imaging and did not have a documented reason for not undergoing abdominal imaging in the submission period[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9458 — Patient documented as tobacco user and received tobacco cessation intervention (must include at least one of the following: advice given to quit smoking or tobacco use, counseling on the benefits of quitting smoking or tobacco use, assistance with or referral to external smoking or tobacco cessation support programs, or current enrollment in smoking or tobacco use cessation program) if identified as a tobacco user[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9459 — Currently a tobacco non-user[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history
- April 1, 2016 — 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
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Change history
- April 1, 2016Added to the code setRemote in-home visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient for use only in a medicare-approved cms innovation center demonstration project, which requires these 3 key components: a problem focused history; a problem focused examination; and straightforward medical decision making, furnished in real time using interactive audio and video technology. counseling and coordination of care with other physicians, other qualified health care professionals or agencies are provided consistent with the nature of the problem(s) and the needs of the patient or the family or both. usually, the presenting problem(s) are self limited or minor. typically, 10 minutes are spent with the patient or family or both via real time, audio and video intercommunications technology
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9481 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G9476 — Services performed by volunteer in the hospice setting, each 15 minutes
- G9477 — Services performed by care coordinator in the hospice setting, each 15 minutes
- G9478 — Services performed by other qualified therapist in the hospice setting, each 15 minutes
- G9479 — Services performed by qualified pharmacist in the hospice setting, each 15 minutes
- G9480 — Admission to medicare care choice model program (mccm)
- G9482 — Remote in-home visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient for use only in a medicare-approved cms innovation center demonstration project, which requires these 3 key components: an…
- G9483 — Remote in-home visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient for use only in a medicare-approved cms innovation center demonstration project, which requires these 3 key components: a…
- G9484 — Remote in-home visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient for use only in a medicare-approved cms innovation center demonstration project, which requires these 3 key components: a…
- G9485 — Remote in-home visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient for use only in a medicare-approved cms innovation center demonstration project, which requires these 3 key components: a…
- G9486 — Remote in-home visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient for use only in a medicare-approved cms innovation center demonstration project, which requires at least 2 of the…