G9170 — Memory functional limitation, discharge status at discharge from therapy or to end reporting
G9170 is a HCPCS Level II code for memory functional limitation, discharge status at discharge from therapy or to end reporting. It belongs to the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section. It was terminated on December 31, 2019 and is not valid on new claims.
This code has been terminated
CMS terminated G9170 on December 31, 2019. It stays in the file as history — a claim you are auditing from before that date may legitimately carry it — but it must not appear on a new claim. The adjacent codes below are the usual place to look for its replacement.
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.
The CMS record for G9170
- Long descriptor
- Memory functional limitation, discharge status at discharge from therapy or to end reporting
- Short descriptor
- Memory d/c status
- Added
- January 1, 2013
- Terminated
- December 31, 2019
- BETOS
- M5D
- 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.
When CMS retired it.
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 G9170
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G9170 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G9162Spoken language expression functional limitation, current status at therapy episode outset and at reporting intervalsterminated
- G9163Spoken language expression functional limitation, projected goal status at therapy episode outset, at reporting intervals, and at discharge or to end reportingterminated
- G9164Spoken language expression functional limitation, discharge status at discharge from therapy or to end reportingterminated
- G9165Attention functional limitation, current status at therapy episode outset and at reporting intervalsterminated
- G9166Attention functional limitation, projected goal status at therapy episode outset, at reporting intervals, and at discharge or to end reportingterminated
- G9167Attention functional limitation, discharge status at discharge from therapy or to end reportingterminated
- G9168Memory functional limitation, current status at therapy episode outset and at reporting intervalsterminated
- G9169Memory functional limitation, projected goal status at therapy episode outset, at reporting intervals, and at discharge or to end reportingterminated
- G9171Voice functional limitation, current status at therapy episode outset and at reporting intervalsterminated
- G9172Voice functional limitation, projected goal status at therapy episode outset, at reporting intervals, and at discharge or to end reportingterminated
- G9173Voice functional limitation, discharge status at discharge from therapy or to end reportingterminated
- G9174Other speech language pathology functional limitation, current status at therapy episode outset and at reporting intervalsterminated
- G9175Other speech language pathology functional limitation, projected goal status at therapy episode outset, at reporting intervals, and at discharge or to end reportingterminated
- G9176Other speech language pathology functional limitation, discharge status at discharge from therapy or to end reportingterminated
- G9186Motor speech functional limitation, projected goal status at therapy episode outset, at reporting intervals, and at discharge or to end reportingterminated
- G9187Bundled payments for care improvement initiative home visit for patient assessment performed by a qualified health care professional for individuals not considered homebound including, but not limited to, assessment of safety, falls, clinical status, fluid status, medication reconciliation/management, patient compliance with orders/plan of care, performance of activities of daily living, appropriateness of care setting; (for use only in the meidcare-approved bundled payments for care improvement initiative); may not be billed for a 30-day period covered by a transitional care management code
Questions about G9170
What is HCPCS code G9170?
G9170 is a HCPCS Level II code for memory functional limitation, discharge status at discharge from therapy or to end reporting. It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G9170?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G9170 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.
Is G9170 still valid?
No. G9170 was terminated on December 31, 2019 and should not be used on new claims.