G2200 — Patient identified as an unhealthy alcohol user received brief counseling
G2200 is a HCPCS Level II code for patient identified as an unhealthy alcohol user received brief counseling. It belongs to the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section. Whether Medicare pays it depends on the coverage rule below.
Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment
Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.
From the coverage field of the CMS Alpha-Numeric HCPCS File, release 2026Q3-Jul. This states Medicare’s position on the code, not on your particular claim.
Physician fee schedule statusM
Measurement code. Used for reporting purposes only; never paid.
Global period: XXX
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The CMS record for G2200
- Long descriptor
- Patient identified as an unhealthy alcohol user received brief counseling
- Short descriptor
- Unhlthy etoh rcvd couns
- Added
- January 1, 2021
- BETOS
- Z2
- Pricing indicator
- 00 — Not priced by Part B
The official wording. This is what the code means.
CMS's 28-character form, which is what shows up on a remittance advice.
When CMS introduced the code.
Berenson-Eggers Type of Service — CMS's own analytic grouping.
Service not separately priced by Part B — not covered, bundled into another service, or used by Part A only.
Codes adjacent to G2200
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G2200 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G2192Patients with clinical indications for imaging of the head: temporal headaches in patients over 55 years of age
- G2193Patients with clinical indications for imaging of the head: new onset headache in pre-school children or younger (<6 years of age)
- G2194Patients with clinical indications for imaging of the head: new onset headache in pediatric patients with disabilities for which headache is a concern as inferred from behavior
- G2195Patients with clinical indications for imaging of the head: occipital headache in children
- G2196Patient identified as an unhealthy alcohol user when screened for unhealthy alcohol use using a systematic screening method
- G2197Patient screened for unhealthy alcohol use using a systematic screening method and not identified as an unhealthy alcohol user
- G2198Documentation of medical reason(s) for not screening for unhealthy alcohol use using a systematic screening method (e.g., limited life expectancy, other medical reasons)terminated
- G2199Patient not screened for unhealthy alcohol use using a systematic screening method
- G2201Documentation of medical reason(s) for not providing brief counseling (e.g., limited life expectancy, other medical reasons)terminated
- G2202Patient did not receive brief counseling if identified as an unhealthy alcohol user
- G2203Documentation of medical reason(s) for not providing brief counseling if identified as an unhealthy alcohol user (e.g., limited life expectancy, other medical reasons)terminated
- G2204Patients between 45 and 85 years of age who received a screening colonoscopy during the performance period
- G2205Patients with pregnancy during adjuvant treatment course
- G2206Patient received adjuvant treatment course including both chemotherapy and her2-targeted therapy
- G2207Reason for not administering adjuvant treatment course including both chemotherapy and her2-targeted therapy (e.g. poor performance status (ecog 3-4; karnofsky <=50), cardiac contraindications, insufficient renal function, insufficient hepatic function, other active or secondary cancer diagnoses, other medical contraindications, patients who died during initial treatment course or transferred during or after initial treatment course)
- G2208Patient did not receive adjuvant treatment course including both chemotherapy and her2-targeted therapy
Questions about G2200
What is HCPCS code G2200?
G2200 is a HCPCS Level II code for patient identified as an unhealthy alcohol user received brief counseling. It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G2200?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G2200 as "Carrier judgment". Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.
How is G2200 paid under the physician fee schedule?
G2200 carries PFS status code M. Measurement code. Used for reporting purposes only; never paid.