M1361 HCPCS Level II Code: Suicide risk based on their clinician's evaluation or a clinician-rated tool
HCPCS Level II code, maintained by CMS. Not a CPT code: CPT (HCPCS Level I) is a separate AMA code set that MedCoder does not publish. About HCPCS Level II
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Code status: Valid code · October 2026. A valid code in the CMS HCPCS Level II October 2026 file. Valid is not covered or payable: Medicare payment and coverage are shown below in CMS’s own terms.
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Suicd based cln eval
- 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, 2024
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.
Coding context
Guidelines, coding notes, decision aids, relationships (with MS-DRG and CCSR classification), hierarchy, HCC, coverage and the context map: what a coder reaches for after the core. Each section names whether it is official source data, a MedCoder-derived relationship or MedCoder editorial.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of M1361 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)
- M1341 — Patients who did not have a follow-up assessment or did not have an assessment within 30 to 180 days after the index assessment during the performance period[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- M1342 — Patients who died during the performance period[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- M1343 — Patients who are at pam level 4 at baseline or patients who are flagged with extreme straight line response sets on the pam or with excessive missing responses[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- M1344 — Patients who did not have a baseline pam score and/or a second score within 4 to 12 months of baseline pam score[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- M1345 — Patients who had a baseline pam score and a second score within 4 to 12 month of baseline pam score[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- M1346 — Patients who did not have a net increase in pam score of at least 6 points within a 4 to 12 month period[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- M1347 — Patients who achieved a net increase in pam score of at least 3 points in a 4 to 12 month period (passing)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- M1348 — Patients who achieved a net increase in pam score of at least 6-points in a 4 to 12 month period (excellent)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history
- January 1, 2024 — Added to the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)
Reference
Index terms and tables, published questions and FAQ, every source behind this page with its release and checksum, the date-of-service check and the complete change history.
Sources for this page
Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.
- Code, descriptors, coverage and pricing attributes Official source data
- CMS HCPCS Alpha-Numeric (ANWEB) release — October 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-derived relationship
- Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
- Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder editorial explanation
- Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.
Current data releases:ICD-10-CM FY2027 · ICD-10-PCS FY2027 · HCPCS October 2026 · MS-DRG v44 · Medicare Code Editor v44.0 · NCCI PTP Q4 2026 · MUE Q4 2026 · NCD code lists 2026-01 · LCD export September 28, 2026 · All releases and sources
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Cite this page
Reference this page in a research guide, syllabus or article. The release is included because code content changes each year.
MedCoder.ai. "M1361 — Suicide risk based on their clinician's evaluation or a clinician-rated tool." HCPCS Level II October 2026. https://medcoder.ai/hcpcs/code/m1361-suicide-risk-based-on-their-clinicians-evaluation-or-a-clinician
Change history
- January 1, 2024Added to the code setSuicide risk based on their clinician's evaluation or a clinician-rated toolHCPCS 2024 changes
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to M1361 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- M1356 — Patients who died during the measurement period
- M1357 — Patients who had a reduction in suicidal ideation and/or behavior upon follow-up assessment within 120 days of index assessment
- M1358 — Patients who did not have a reduction in suicidal ideation and/or behavior upon follow-up assessment within 120 days of index assessment
- M1359 — Index assessment during the denominator period when the suicidal ideation and/or behavior symptoms or increased suicide risk by clinician determination occurs and a non-zero c-ssrs score is obtained
- M1360 — Suicidal ideation and/or behavior symptoms based on the c-ssrs
- M1362 — Patients who died during the measurement period
- M1363 — Patients who did not have a follow-up assessment within 120 days of the index assessment
- M1364 — Calculated 10-year ascvd risk score of >= 20 percent during the performance period
- M1365 — Patient encounter during the performance period with hospice and palliative care specialty code 17
- M1366 — Focusing on women's health mips value pathway