G9533 HCPCS Level II Code: Patient with minor blunt head trauma did not have an appropriate indication(s) for a head ct
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Indic for head ct not valid
- 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, 2016
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 G9533 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)
- G9511 — Index event date phq-9 or phq-9m score greater than 9 documented during the twelve month denominator identification period[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9512 — Individual had a pdc of 0.8 or greater[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9513 — Individual did not have a pdc of 0.8 or greater[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9514 — Patient required a return to the operating room within 90 days of surgery[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9515 — Patient did not require a return to the operating room within 90 days of surgery[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9516 — Patient achieved an improvement in visual acuity, from their preoperative level, within 90 days of surgery[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9517 — Patient did not achieve an improvement in visual acuity, from their preoperative level, within 90 days of surgery, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9518 — Documentation of active injection drug use[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history
- January 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
- Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
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Change history
- January 1, 2016Added to the code setPatient with minor blunt head trauma did not have an appropriate indication(s) for a head ct
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9533 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G9526 — Patient was not referred to hospice care, reason not given
- G9529 — Patient with minor blunt head trauma had an appropriate indication(s) for a head ct
- G9530 — Patient presented with a minor blunt head trauma and had a head ct ordered for trauma by an emergency care provider
- G9531 — Patient has documentation of ventricular shunt, brain tumor, multisystem trauma, or is currently taking an antiplatelet medication including: abciximab, anagrelide, cangrelor, cilostazol,…
- G9532 — Patient had a head ct for trauma ordered by someone other than an emergency care provider or was ordered for a reason other than trauma
- G9534 — Advanced brain imaging (cta, ct, mra or mri) was not ordered
- G9535 — Patients with a normal neurological examination
- G9536 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for ordering an advanced brain imaging study (i.e., patient has an abnormal neurological examination; patient has the coexistence of seizures, or both; recent onset…
- G9537 — Imaging needed as part of a clinical trial; or other clinician ordered the study
- G9538 — Advanced brain imaging (cta, ct, mra or mri) was ordered