G9539

Category

G. Procedures and professional services, temporary

NDC crosswalk

None in the loaded CMS ASP file

CMS HCPCS quarterly update

These sit next to G9539 in the CMS Level II file. All G codes

• G9534Advanced brain imaging (cta, ct, mra or mri) was not ordered
• G9535Patients with a normal neurological examination
• G9536Documentation of medical reason(s) for ordering an advanced brain imaging study (i.e., patient has an abnormal neurological examination; patient has the coexistence of seizures, or both; recent onset of severe headache; change in the type of headache; signs of increased intracranial pressure (e.g., papilledema, absent venous pulsations on funduscopic examination, altered mental status, focal neurologic deficits, signs of meningeal irritation); hiv-positive patients with a new type of headache; immunocompromised patient with unexplained headache symptoms; patient on coagulopathy/anti-coagulation or anti-platelet therapy; very young patients with unexplained headache symptoms)
• G9537Imaging needed as part of a clinical trial; or other clinician ordered the study
• G9538Advanced brain imaging (cta, ct, mra or mri) was ordered
• G9540Patient alive 3 months post procedure
• G9541Filter removed within 3 months of placement
• G9542Documented re-assessment for the appropriateness of filter removal within 3 months of placement
• G9543Documentation of at least two attempts to reach the patient to arrange a clinical re-assessment for the appropriateness of filter removal within 3 months of placement
• G9544Patients that do not have the filter removed, documented re-assessment for the appropriateness of filter removal, or documentation of at least two attempts to reach the patient to arrange a clinical re-assessment for the appropriateness of filter removal within 3 months of placement