G9994 HCPCS Level II Code: Patient is using palliative care services any time during the measurement period

Contextual Map

Every relationship of G9994 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)

• G9954 — Patient exhibits 2 or more risk factors for post-operative vomiting[Sibling]
• G9955 — Cases in which an inhalational anesthetic is used only for induction[Sibling]
• G9956 — Patient received combination therapy consisting of at least two prophylactic pharmacologic anti-emetic agents of different classes preoperatively and/or intraoperatively[Sibling]
• 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 intraoperatively (e.g., intolerance or other medical reason)[Sibling]
• G9958 — Patient did not receive combination therapy consisting of at least two prophylactic pharmacologic anti-emetic agents of different classes preoperatively and/or intraoperatively[Sibling]
• G9959 — Systemic antimicrobials not prescribed[Sibling]
• G9960 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for prescribing systemic antimicrobials[Sibling]
• G9961 — Systemic antimicrobials prescribed[Sibling]
• and 32 more

Change history

• January 1, 2022 — 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 G9994 in its code family, with their registry titles.

• G9989 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not administering pneumococcal vaccine (e.g., adverse reaction to vaccine)
• G9990 — Patient did not receive any pneumococcal conjugate or polysaccharide vaccine on or after their 19th birthday and before the end of the measurement period
• G9991 — Patient received any pneumococcal conjugate or polysaccharide vaccine on or after their 19th birthday and before the end of the measurement period
• G9992 — Palliative care services used by patient any time during the measurement period
• G9993 — Patient was provided palliative care services any time during the measurement period
• G9995 — Patients who use palliative care services any time during the measurement period
• G9996 — Documentation stating the patient has received or is currently receiving palliative or hospice care
• G9997 — Documentation of patient pregnancy anytime during the measurement period prior to and including the current encounter
• G9998 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for an interval of less than 3 years since the last colonoscopy (e.g., last colonoscopy incomplete, last colonoscopy had inadequate prep, piecemeal removal of…
• G9999 — Documentation of system reason(s) for an interval of less than 3 years since the last colonoscopy (e.g., unable to locate previous colonoscopy report, patient cannot provide precise date or details…