G9969 HCPCS Level II Code: Clinician who referred the patient to another clinician received a report from the clinician to whom the patient was referred
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Pvdr rfrd pt rprt rcvd
- 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, 2023
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 G9969 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)
- G9945 — Patient had cancer, acute fracture or infection related to the lumbar spine or patient had neuromuscular, idiopathic or congenital lumbar scoliosis[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9946 — Back pain was not measured by the visual analog scale (vas) or numeric pain scale at one year (9 to 15 months) postoperatively[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9947 — Leg pain was measured by the visual analog scale (vas) within three months preoperatively and at three months (6 to 20 weeks) postoperatively[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9948 — Patient had any additional spine procedures performed on the same date as the lumbar discectomy/laminectomy[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9949 — Leg pain was not measured by the visual analog scale (vas) or numeric pain scale at three months (6 - 20 weeks) postoperatively[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9954 — Patient exhibits 2 or more risk factors for post-operative vomiting[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9955 — Cases in which an inhalational anesthetic is used only for induction[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G9956 — Patient received combination therapy consisting of at least two prophylactic pharmacologic anti-emetic agents of different classes preoperatively and/or intraoperatively[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history
- January 1, 2018 — Added to the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)
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, 2018Added to the code setClinician who referred the patient to another clinician received a report from the clinician to whom the patient was referred
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G9969 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G9964 — Patient received at least one well-child visit with a pcp during the performance period
- G9965 — Patient did not receive at least one well-child visit with a pcp during the performance period
- G9966 — Children who were screened for risk of developmental, behavioral and social delays using a standardized tool with interpretation and report
- G9967 — Children who were not screened for risk of developmental, behavioral and social delays using a standardized tool with interpretation and report
- G9968 — Patient was referred to another clinician or specialist during the measurement period
- G9970 — Clinician who referred the patient to another clinician did not receive a report from the clinician to whom the patient was referred
- G9974 — Dilated macular exam performed, including documentation of the presence or absence of macular thickening or geographic atrophy or hemorrhage and the level of macular degeneration severity
- G9975 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing a dilated macular examination
- G9978 — Remote in-home visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient for use only in a medicare-approved bundled payments for care improvement advanced (bpci advanced) model episode of care, which…
- G9979 — Remote in-home visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient for use only in a medicare-approved bundled payments for care improvement advanced (bpci advanced) model episode of care, which…