G9003 — Coordinated care fee, risk adjusted high, initial
G9003 is a HCPCS Level II code for coordinated care fee, risk adjusted high, initial. It belongs to the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section. Whether Medicare pays it depends on the coverage rule below.
Medicare coverage: Special coverage instructions apply
There are published conditions attached to this code. Check the applicable coverage policy before billing it: the code being valid is not the same as the service being covered.
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 statusX
Statutory exclusion. The item or service is not within the statutory definition of 'physician services', so the fee schedule never pays it.
Global period: XXX
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The CMS record for G9003
- Long descriptor
- Coordinated care fee, risk adjusted high, initial
- Short descriptor
- Mccd, risk adj hi, initial
- Added
- October 1, 2000
- BETOS
- Y2
- 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 G9003
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G9003 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G8994Other physical or occupational therapy subsequent functional limitation, projected goal status, at therapy episode outset, at reporting intervals, and at discharge or to end reportingterminated
- G8995Other physical or occupational therapy subsequent functional limitation, discharge status, at discharge from therapy or to end reportingterminated
- G8996Swallowing functional limitation, current status at therapy episode outset and at reporting intervalsterminated
- G8997Swallowing functional limitation, projected goal status, at therapy episode outset, at reporting intervals, and at discharge or to end reportingterminated
- G8998Swallowing functional limitation, discharge status, at discharge from therapy or to end reportingterminated
- G8999Motor speech functional limitation, current status at therapy episode outset and at reporting intervalsterminated
- G9001Coordinated care fee, initial rate
- G9002Coordinated care fee, maintenance rate
- G9004Coordinated care fee, risk adjusted low, initial
- G9005Coordinated care fee, risk adjusted maintenance
- G9006Coordinated care fee, home monitoring
- G9007Coordinated care fee, scheduled team conference
- G9008Coordinated care fee, physician coordinated care oversight services
- G9009Coordinated care fee, risk adjusted maintenance, level 3
- G9010Coordinated care fee, risk adjusted maintenance, level 4
- G9011Coordinated care fee, risk adjusted maintenance, level 5
Questions about G9003
What is HCPCS code G9003?
G9003 is a HCPCS Level II code for coordinated care fee, risk adjusted high, initial. It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G9003?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G9003 as "Special coverage instructions apply". There are published conditions attached to this code. Check the applicable coverage policy before billing it: the code being valid is not the same as the service being covered.
How is G9003 paid under the physician fee schedule?
G9003 carries PFS status code X. Statutory exclusion. The item or service is not within the statutory definition of 'physician services', so the fee schedule never pays it.