G9826 HCPCS Level II Code: Patient transferred to practice after initiation of chemotherapy
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Transf pract aft init chemo
- 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, 2021
- Terminated: December 31, 2020
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, 2021.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G9826 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)
- G9806 — Patients who received cervical cytology or an hpv test[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9807 — Patients who did not receive cervical cytology or an hpv test[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9808 — Any patients who had no asthma controller medications dispensed during the measurement year[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9809 — Patients who use hospice services any time during the measurement period[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9810 — Patient achieved a pdc of at least 75% for their asthma controller medication[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9811 — Patient did not achieve a pdc of at least 75% for their asthma controller medication[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9812 — Patient died including all deaths occurring during the hospitalization in which the operation was performed, even if after 30 days, and those deaths occurring after discharge from the hospital, but within 30 days of the procedure[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9813 — Patient did not die within 30 days of the procedure or during the index hospitalization[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history (2)
- January 1, 2021 — 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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- Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder explanation
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Change history
- January 1, 2021Removed from the code setPatient transferred to practice after initiation of chemotherapy
- January 1, 2017Added to the code setPatient transferred to practice after initiation of chemotherapy
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9826 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G9821 — No documentation of a chlamydia screening test with proper follow-up
- G9822 — Patients who had an endometrial ablation procedure during the 12 months prior to the index date (exclusive of the index date)
- G9823 — Endometrial sampling or hysteroscopy with biopsy and results documented during the 12 months prior to the index date (exclusive of the index date) of the endometrial ablation
- G9824 — Endometrial sampling or hysteroscopy with biopsy and results not documented during the 12 months prior to the index date (exclusive of the index date) of the endometrial ablation
- G9825 — Her-2/neu negative or undocumented/unknown
- G9827 — Her2-targeted therapies not administered during the initial course of treatment
- G9828 — Her2-targeted therapies administered during the initial course of treatment
- G9829 — Breast adjuvant chemotherapy administered
- G9830 — Her-2/neu positive
- G9831 — Ajcc stage at breast cancer diagnosis = ii or iii