G9579 HCPCS Level II Code: No documentation of signed an opioid treatment agreement at least once during opioid therapy
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: No doc opioid tx 1x at ther
- 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, 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 G9579 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)
- G9540 — Patient alive 3 months post procedure[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9541 — Filter removed within 3 months of placement[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9542 — Documented re-assessment for the appropriateness of filter removal within 3 months of placement[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9543 — Documentation of at least two attempts to reach the patient to arrange a clinical re-assessment for the appropriateness of filter removal within 3 months of placement[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9544 — Patients that do not have the filter removed, documented re-assessment for the appropriateness of filter removal, or documentation of at least two attempts to reach the patient to arrange a clinical re-assessment for the appropriateness of filter removal within 3 months of placement[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9547 — Cystic renal lesion that is simple appearing (bosniak i or ii) , or adrenal lesion less than or equal to 1.0 cm or adrenal lesion greater than 1.0 cm but less than or equal to 4.0 cm classified as likely benign by unenhanced ct or washout protocol ct, or mri with in- and opposed-phase sequences or other equivalent institutional imaging protocols[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9548 — Final reports for imaging studies stating no follow-up imaging is recommended[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9549 — Documentation of medical reason(s) that follow-up imaging is indicated (e.g., patient has lymphadenopathy, signs of metastasis or an active diagnosis or history of cancer, and other medical reason(s))[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 setNo documentation of signed an opioid treatment agreement at least once during opioid therapy
- January 1, 2016Added to the code setNo documentation of signed an opioid treatment agreement at least once during opioid therapy
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9579 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G9572 — Index date phq-score greater than 9 documented during the twelve month denominator identification period
- G9573 — Adult patients 18 years of age or older with major depression or dysthymia who did not reach remission at six months as demonstrated by a six month (+/-60 days) phq-9 or phq-9m score of less than five
- G9574 — Adult patients 18 years of age or older with major depression or dysthymia who did not reach remission at six months as demonstrated by a six month (+/-60 days) phq-9 or phq-9m score of less than…
- G9577 — Patients prescribed opiates for longer than six weeks
- G9578 — Documentation of signed opioid treatment agreement at least once during opioid therapy
- G9580 — Door to puncture time of 90 minutes or less
- G9581 — Door to puncture time of greater than 2 hours for reasons documented by clinician (e.g., patients who are transferred from one institution to another with a known diagnosis of cva for endovascular…
- G9582 — Door to puncture time of greater than 90 minutes, no reason given
- G9583 — Patients prescribed opiates for longer than six weeks
- G9584 — Patient evaluated for risk of misuse of opiates by using a brief validated instrument (e.g., opioid risk tool, soapp-r) or patient interviewed at least once during opioid therapy