G9623 HCPCS Level II Code: Documentation of medical reason(s) for not screening for unhealthy alcohol use (e.g., limited life expectancy, other medical reasons)
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Doc med rsn no scr etoh use
- 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, 2023
- Terminated: December 31, 2022
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, 2023.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G9623 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)
- G9603 — Patient survey score improved from baseline following treatment[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9604 — Patient survey results not available[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9605 — Patient survey score did not improve from baseline following treatment[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9606 — Intraoperative cystoscopy performed to evaluate for lower tract injury[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9607 — Documented medical reasons for not performing intraoperative cystoscopy (e.g., urethral pathology precluding cystoscopy, any patient who has a congenital or acquired absence of the urethra) or in the case of patient death[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9608 — Intraoperative cystoscopy not performed to evaluate for lower tract injury[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9609 — Documentation of an order for anti-platelet agents[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9610 — Documentation of medical reason(s) in the patient's record for not ordering anti-platelet agents[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history (2)
- January 1, 2023 — 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, 2023Removed from the code setDocumentation of medical reason(s) for not screening for unhealthy alcohol use (e.g., limited life expectancy, other medical reasons)
- January 1, 2016Added to the code setDocumentation of medical reason(s) for not screening for unhealthy alcohol use (e.g., limited life expectancy, other medical reasons)
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9623 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G9618 — Documentation of screening for uterine malignancy or those that had an ultrasound and/or endometrial sampling of any kind
- G9619 — Documentation of reason(s) for not screening for uterine malignancy (e.g., prior hysterectomy)
- G9620 — Patient not screened for uterine malignancy, or those that have not had an ultrasound and/or endometrial sampling of any kind, reason not given
- G9621 — Patient identified as an unhealthy alcohol user when screened for unhealthy alcohol use using a systematic screening method and received brief counseling
- G9622 — Patient not identified as an unhealthy alcohol user when screened for unhealthy alcohol use using a systematic screening method
- G9624 — Patient not screened for unhealthy alcohol use using a systematic screening method or patient did not receive brief counseling if identified as an unhealthy alcohol user
- G9625 — Patient sustained bladder injury at the time of surgery or discovered subsequently up to 30 days post-surgery
- G9626 — Documented medical reason for not reporting bladder injury (e.g., gynecologic or other pelvic malignancy documented, concurrent surgery involving bladder pathology, injury that occurs during a…
- G9627 — Patient did not sustain bladder injury at the time of surgery nor discovered subsequently up to 30 days post-surgery
- G9628 — Patient sustained bowel injury at the time of surgery or discovered subsequently up to 30 days post-surgery