G9949 HCPCS Level II Code: Leg pain was not measured by the visual analog scale (vas) or numeric pain scale at three months (6 - 20 weeks) postoperatively

Contextual Map

Every relationship of G9949 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)

• G9929 — Patient with transient or reversible cause of af (e.g., pneumonia, hyperthyroidism, pregnancy, cardiac surgery)[Sibling]
• G9930 — Patients who are receiving comfort care only[Sibling]
• G9931 — Documentation of cha2ds2-vasc risk score of 0 or 1 for men; or 0, 1, or 2 for women[Sibling]
• G9932 — Documentation of patient reason(s) for not having records of negative or managed positive tb screen (e.g., patient does not return for mantoux (ppd) skin test evaluation)[Sibling]
• G9933 — Adenoma(s) or colorectal cancer detected during screening colonoscopy[Sibling]
• G9934 — Documentation that neoplasm detected is only diagnosed as traditional serrated adenoma, sessile serrated polyp, or sessile serrated adenoma[Sibling]
• G9935 — Adenoma(s) or colorectal cancer not detected during screening colonoscopy[Sibling]
• G9936 — Surveillance colonoscopy - personal history of colonic polyps, colon cancer, or other malignant neoplasm of rectum, rectosigmoid junction, and anus[Sibling]
• and 32 more

Change history

• January 1, 2018 — Added to the code set [Change history]

Sources for this page

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Code, descriptors, coverage and pricing attributes

CMS HCPCS Alpha-Numeric (ANWEB) release — July 2026 quarterly update

Change history and date-of-service validity

CMS HCPCS quarterly update files, ingested into the change ledger

Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder-derived

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All data sources and release dates

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9949 in its code family, with their registry titles.

• G9944 — Back pain was measured by the visual analog scale (vas) within three months preoperatively and at one year (9 to 15 months) 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
• G9954 — Patient exhibits 2 or more risk factors for post-operative vomiting
• G9955 — Cases in which an inhalational anesthetic is used only for induction
• G9956 — Patient received combination therapy consisting of at least two prophylactic pharmacologic anti-emetic agents of different classes preoperatively and/or intraoperatively
• G9957 — Documentation of medical reason for not receiving combination therapy consisting of at least two prophylactic pharmacologic anti-emetic agents of different classes preoperatively and/or…
• G9958 — Patient did not receive combination therapy consisting of at least two prophylactic pharmacologic anti-emetic agents of different classes preoperatively and/or intraoperatively