G9651 HCPCS Level II Code: Psoriasis assessment tool documented not meeting any one of the specified benchmarks (e.g., (pga; 5-point or 6-point scale), body surface area (bsa), psoriasis area and severity index (pasi) and/or…
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Psor as doc no spc bm
- 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, 2019
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 G9651 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)
- G9631 — Patient sustained ureter injury at the time of surgery or discovered subsequently up to 30 days post-surgery[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- 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 urinary incontinence procedure, patient death from non-medical causes not related to surgery, patient died during procedure without evidence of ureter injury)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9633 — Patient did not sustain ureter injury at the time of surgery nor discovered subsequently up to 30 days post-surgery[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9634 — Health-related quality of life assessed with tool during at least two visits and quality of life score remained the same or improved[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- 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, patient has the inability to read and/or write in order to complete the hrqol questionnaire)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9636 — Health-related quality of life not assessed with tool during at least two visits or quality of life score declined[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- 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 technique)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- 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 reconstruction technique)[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 setPsoriasis assessment tool documented not meeting any one of the specified benchmarks (e.g., (pga; 5-point or 6-point scale), body surface area (bsa), psoriasis area and severity index (pasi) and/or dermatology life quality index) (dlqi)) or psoriasis assessment tool not documented
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9651 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G9646 — Patients with 90 day mrs score of 0 to 2
- G9647 — Patients in whom mrs score could not be obtained at 90 day follow-up
- G9648 — Patients with 90 day mrs score greater than 2
- G9649 — Psoriasis assessment tool documented meeting any one of the specified benchmarks (e.g., (pga; 5-point or 6-point scale), body surface area (bsa), psoriasis area and severity index (pasi) and/or…
- G9650 — Documentation that the patient declined therapy change or has documented contraindications (e.g., experienced adverse effects or lack of efficacy with all other therapy options) in order to achieve…
- G9652 — Patient has been treated with a systemic or biologic medication for psoriasis for at least six months
- G9653 — Patient has not been treated with a systemic or biologic medication for psoriasis for at least six months
- G9654 — Monitored anesthesia care (mac)
- G9655 — A transfer of care protocol or handoff tool/checklist that includes the required key handoff elements is used
- G9656 — Patient transferred directly from anesthetizing location to pacu or other non-icu location