G9885 HCPCS Level II Code: 2 em ongoing ms mo 22-24 wl
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: 2 em ongoing ms mo 22-24 wl
- Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment (CMS coverage code C)
- Payment category: Service not separately priced (pricing indicator 00)
- BETOS: Y1 — Other - Medicare fee schedule
- Last CMS action effective: April 1, 2018
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 G9885 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)
- G9852 — Patients who died from cancer[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9853 — Patient admitted to the icu in the last 30 days of life[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9854 — Patient was not admitted to the icu in the last 30 days of life[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9855 — Patients who died from cancer[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9856 — Patient was not admitted to hospice[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9857 — Patient admitted to hospice[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9858 — Patient enrolled in hospice[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9859 — Patients who died from cancer[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history
- April 1, 2018 — 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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Change history
- April 1, 2018Added to the code setTwo medicare diabetes prevention program (mdpp) ongoing maintenance sessions (ms) were attended by an mdpp beneficiary in months (mo) 22-24 under the mdpp expanded model (em). an ongoing maintenance session is an mdpp service that: (1) is furnished by an mdpp supplier during months 13 through 24 of the mdpp services period; (2) is approximately 1 hour in length; and (3) adheres to a cdc-approved dpp curriculum for maintenance sessions. the beneficiary maintained at least 5% weight loss (wl) from his/her baseline weight, as measured by at least one in-person weight measurement at an ongoing maintenance session in months 22-24
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9885 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G9880 — The mdpp beneficiary achieved at least 5% weight loss (wl) from his/her baseline weight in months 1-12 of the mdpp services period under the mdpp expanded model (em). this is a one-time payment…
- G9881 — The mdpp beneficiary achieved at least 9% weight loss (wl) from his/her baseline weight in months 1-24 under the mdpp expanded model (em). this is a one-time payment available when a beneficiary…
- G9882 — Two medicare diabetes prevention program (mdpp) ongoing maintenance sessions (ms) were attended by an mdpp beneficiary in months (mo) 13-15 under the mdpp expanded model (em). an ongoing maintenance…
- G9883 — Two medicare diabetes prevention program (mdpp) ongoing maintenance sessions (ms) were attended by an mdpp beneficiary in months (mo) 16-18 under the mdpp expanded model (em). an ongoing maintenance…
- G9884 — Two medicare diabetes prevention program (mdpp) ongoing maintenance sessions (ms) were attended by an mdpp beneficiary in months (mo) 19-21 under the mdpp expanded model (em). an ongoing maintenance…
- G9886 — Behavioral counseling for diabetes prevention, in-person, group, 60 minutes
- G9887 — Behavioral counseling for diabetes prevention, distance learning, 60 minutes
- G9888 — Maintenance 5% wl from baseline weight in months 7-12
- G9890 — Bridge payment: a one-time payment for the first medicare diabetes prevention program (mdpp) core session, core maintenance session, or ongoing maintenance session furnished by an mdpp supplier to an…
- G9891 — Mdpp session reported as a line-item on a claim for a payable mdpp expanded model (em) hcpcs code for a session furnished by the billing supplier under the mdpp expanded model and counting toward…