G9629 HCPCS Level II Code: Documented medical reasons for not reporting bowel injury (e.g., gynecologic or other pelvic malignancy documented, planned (e.g., not due to an unexpected bowel injury) resection and/or…
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Med rsn no rpt bowel inj
- 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, 2017
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 G9629 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)
- 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
- G9611 — Order for anti-platelet agents was not documented in the patient's record, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9612 — Photodocumentation of two or more cecal landmarks to establish a complete examination[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9613 — Documentation of post-surgical anatomy (e.g., right hemicolectomy, ileocecal resection, etc.)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9614 — Photodocumentation of less than two cecal landmarks (i.e., no cecal landmarks or only one cecal landmark) to establish a complete examination[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9615 — Preoperative assessment documented[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9616 — Documentation of reason(s) for not documenting a preoperative assessment (e.g., patient with a gynecologic or other pelvic malignancy noted at the time of surgery)[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
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Change history
- January 1, 2016Added to the code setDocumented medical reasons for not reporting bowel injury (e.g., gynecologic or other pelvic malignancy documented, planned (e.g., not due to an unexpected bowel injury) resection and/or re-anastomosis of bowel, or patient death from non-medical causes not related to surgery, patient died during procedure without evidence of bowel injury)
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9629 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- 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
- G9630 — Patient did not sustain a bowel injury at the time of surgery nor discovered subsequently up to 30 days post-surgery
- G9631 — Patient sustained ureter injury at the time of surgery or discovered subsequently up to 30 days post-surgery
- G9632 — Documented medical reasons for not reporting ureter injury (e.g., gynecologic or other pelvic malignancy documented, concurrent surgery involving bladder pathology, injury that occurs during a…
- G9633 — Patient did not sustain ureter injury at the time of surgery nor discovered subsequently up to 30 days post-surgery
- G9634 — Health-related quality of life assessed with tool during at least two visits and quality of life score remained the same or improved