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    g9659

    g9659 is a valid HCPCS code for 2023. It's used to specify:
    Patients greater than or equal to 86 years of age who underwent a screening colonoscopy and did not have a history of colorectal cancer or other valid medical reason for the colonoscopy including: iron deficiency anemia lower gastrointestinal bleeding crohn’s disease (i.e. regional enteritis) familial adenomatous polyposis lynch syndrome (i.e. hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer) inflammatory bowel disease ulcerative colitis abnormal finding of gastrointestinal tract or changes in bowel habits

    g9659- HCPCS Details

    • Updated: May 23, 2023

    HCPCS Code

    g9659

    Description

    Short Description
    >=86y no hx colo ca/rsn scop
    Long Description
    Patients greater than or equal to 86 years of age who underwent a screening colonoscopy and did not have a history of colorectal cancer or other valid medical reason for the colonoscopy including: iron deficiency anemia lower gastrointestinal bleeding crohn's disease (i.e. regional enteritis) familial adenomatous polyposis lynch syndrome (i.e. hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer) inflammatory bowel disease ulcerative colitis abnormal finding of gastrointestinal tract or changes in bowel habits

    A code denoting Medicare coverage status.

    HCPCS Coverage Code ⓘ

    C

    A code denoting the change made to a procedure or modifier code within the HCPCS system.

    HCPCS Action Code ⓘ
    N =
    No maintenance for this code

    Code used to identify the appropriate methodology for developing unique pricing amounts under part B. A procedure may have one to four pricing codes.

    HCPCS Pricing Indicator ⓘ
    00 =
    Service not separately priced by part B (e.G. services not covered bundled used by part a only etc.)

    Code used to identify instances where a procedure could be priced under multiple methodologies.

    HCPCS Multiple Pricing Indicator Code ⓘ
    9 =
    Not applicable as HCPCS not priced separately by part B (pricing indicator is 00) or value is not established (pricing indicator is '99')

    Berenson-Eggers Type of Service (BETOS) classification categories are used to analyze Medicare costs. All Health Care Financing Administration Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) procedure codes are assigned to a BETOS category.

    BETOS Classification ⓘ

    Z2 =
    Undefined codes

    The carrier assigned CMS type of service which describes the particular kind(s) of service represented by the procedure code.

    Type of Service ⓘ

    1 =
    Medical care
    ( )

    Effective date of action to a procedure or modifier code

    Effective Date ⓘ

    01/01/2021

    The year the HCPCS code was added to the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System.

    Date Added ⓘ

    01/01/2016
    Termination Date
    -

    The HCPCS Code Section that this code belongs to. It's typically denoted by the first letter in the code.

    Code Section ⓘ

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