G9653 HCPCS Level II Code: Patient has not been treated with a systemic or biologic medication for psoriasis for at least six months
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Pt no tx sys bio rx 6 mths
- 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
- Terminated: December 31, 2016
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, 2017.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G9653 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)
- 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
- G9639 — Major amputation or open surgical bypass not required within 48 hours of the index endovascular lower extremity revascularization procedure[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9640 — Documentation of planned hybrid or staged procedure[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history (2)
- January 1, 2017 — 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, 2017Removed from the code setPatient has not been treated with a systemic or biologic medication for psoriasis for at least six months
- January 1, 2016Added to the code setPatient has not been treated with a systemic or biologic medication for psoriasis for at least six months
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9653 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- 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…
- G9651 — 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…
- G9652 — Patient has 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
- G9657 — Transfer of care during an anesthetic or to the intensive care unit
- G9658 — A transfer of care protocol or handoff tool/checklist that includes the required key handoff elements is not used