G9944 HCPCS Level II Code: Back pain was measured by the visual analog scale (vas) within three months preoperatively and at one year (9 to 15 months) postoperatively
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Vas 3 mon pre and 1 yr post
- 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, 2020
- Terminated: December 31, 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.
Code Set: Removed from the code set — not valid on or after January 1, 2020.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G9944 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)
- G9924 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not providing safety concerns screen or for not providing recommendations, orders or referrals for positive screen (e.g., patient in palliative care, other medical reason)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9925 — Safety concerns screening not provided, reason not otherwise specified[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9926 — Safety concerns screening positive screen is without provision of mitigation recommendations, including but not limited to referral to other resources[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9927 — Documentation of system reason(s) for not prescribing an fda-approved anticoagulation due to patient being currently enrolled in a clinical trial related to af/atrial flutter treatment[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9928 — Fda-approved anticoagulant not prescribed, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9929 — Patient with transient or reversible cause of af (e.g., pneumonia, hyperthyroidism, pregnancy, cardiac surgery)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9930 — Patients who are receiving comfort care only[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9931 — Documentation of cha2ds2-vasc risk score of 0 or 1 for men; or 0, 1, or 2 for women[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history (2)
- January 1, 2020 — 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, 2020Removed from the code setBack pain was measured by the visual analog scale (vas) within three months preoperatively and at one year (9 to 15 months) postoperatively
- January 1, 2018Added to the code setBack pain was measured by the visual analog scale (vas) within three months preoperatively and at one year (9 to 15 months) postoperatively
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9944 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G9939 — Pathologists/dermatopathologists is the same clinician who performed the biopsy
- G9940 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not on a statin (e.g., pregnancy, in vitro fertilization, clomiphene rx, esrd, cirrhosis, muscular pain and disease during the measurement period or prior year)
- G9941 — Back pain was measured by the visual analog scale (vas) within three months preoperatively and at three months (6 - 20 weeks) postoperatively
- G9942 — Patient had any additional spine procedures performed on the same date as the lumbar discectomy/laminectomy
- G9943 — Back pain was not measured by the visual analog scale (vas) or numeric pain scale at three months (6 - 20 weeks) postoperatively
- G9945 — Patient had cancer, acute fracture or infection related to the lumbar spine or patient had neuromuscular, idiopathic or congenital lumbar scoliosis
- G9946 — Back pain was not measured by the visual analog scale (vas) or numeric pain scale at one year (9 to 15 months) postoperatively
- G9947 — Leg pain was measured by the visual analog scale (vas) within three months preoperatively and at three months (6 to 20 weeks) postoperatively
- G9948 — Patient had any additional spine procedures performed on the same date as the lumbar discectomy/laminectomy
- G9949 — Leg pain was not measured by the visual analog scale (vas) or numeric pain scale at three months (6 - 20 weeks) postoperatively