G9634 HCPCS Level II Code: Health-related quality of life assessed with tool during at least two visits and quality of life score remained the same or improved
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Qual life tool 2x same/impr
- 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 G9634 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)
- 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
- G9617 — Preoperative assessment not documented, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9618 — Documentation of screening for uterine malignancy or those that had an ultrasound and/or endometrial sampling of any kind[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9619 — Documentation of reason(s) for not screening for uterine malignancy (e.g., prior hysterectomy)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- 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[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9621 — Patient identified as an unhealthy alcohol user when screened for unhealthy alcohol use using a systematic screening method and received brief counseling[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
- Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
- Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder explanation
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Change history
- January 1, 2022Removed from the code setHealth-related quality of life assessed with tool during at least two visits and quality of life score remained the same or improved
- January 1, 2016Added to the code setHealth-related quality of life assessed with tool during at least two visits and quality of life score remained the same or improved
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9634 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G9629 — 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…
- 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
- G9635 — Health-related quality of life not assessed with tool for documented reason(s) (e.g., patient has a cognitive or neuropsychiatric impairment that impairs his/her ability to complete the hrqol survey,…
- G9636 — Health-related quality of life not assessed with tool during at least two visits or quality of life score declined
- G9637 — Final reports with documentation of one or more dose reduction techniques (e.g., automated exposure control, adjustment of the ma and/or kv according to patient size, use of iterative reconstruction…
- G9638 — Final reports without documentation of one or more dose reduction techniques (e.g., automated exposure control, adjustment of the ma and/or kv according to patient size, use of iterative…
- G9639 — Major amputation or open surgical bypass not required within 48 hours of the index endovascular lower extremity revascularization procedure