G9838 HCPCS Level II Code: Patient has metastatic disease at diagnosis

Contextual Map

Every relationship of G9838 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)

• G9818 — Documentation of sexual activity[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• G9819 — Patients who use hospice services any time during the measurement period[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• G9820 — Documentation of a chlamydia screening test with proper follow-up[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• G9821 — No documentation of a chlamydia screening test with proper follow-up[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• G9822 — Patients who had an endometrial ablation procedure during the 12 months prior to the index date (exclusive of the index date)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• 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[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• 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[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• G9825 — Her-2/neu negative or undocumented/unknown[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• and 32 more

Change history

• January 1, 2017 — Added to the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)

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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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Nearest Codes in This Family

Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9838 in its code family, with their registry titles.

• G9833 — Patient transfer to practice after initiation of chemotherapy
• G9834 — Patient has metastatic disease at diagnosis
• G9835 — Trastuzumab administered within 12 months of diagnosis
• G9836 — Reason for not administering trastuzumab documented (e.g. patient declined, patient died, patient transferred, contraindication or other clinical exclusion, neoadjuvant chemotherapy or radiation not…
• G9837 — Trastuzumab not administered within 12 months of diagnosis
• G9839 — Anti-egfr monoclonal antibody therapy
• G9840 — Ras (kras and nras) gene mutation testing performed before initiation of anti-egfr moab
• G9841 — Ras (kras and nras) gene mutation testing not performed before initiation of anti-egfr moab
• G9842 — Patient has metastatic disease at diagnosis
• G9843 — Ras (kras or nras) gene mutation