G9258 — Documentation of patient stroke following cea
G9258 is a HCPCS Level II code for documentation of patient stroke following cea. It belongs to the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section. It was terminated on December 31, 2020 and is not valid on new claims.
This code has been terminated
CMS terminated G9258 on December 31, 2020. 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 G9258
- Long descriptor
- Documentation of patient stroke following cea
- Short descriptor
- Doc of pat stroke after cea
- Added
- January 1, 2014
- Terminated
- December 31, 2020
- BETOS
- M5B
- 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 G9258
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G9258 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G9250Documentation of patient pain brought to a comfortable level within 48 hours from initial assessmentterminated
- G9251Documentation of patient with pain not brought to a comfortable level within 48 hours from initial assessmentterminated
- G9252Adenoma(s) or other neoplasm detected during screening colonoscopyterminated
- G9253Adenoma(s) or other neoplasm not detected during screening colonoscopyterminated
- G9254Documentation of patient discharged to home later than post-operative day 2 following cea or cas
- G9255Documentation of patient discharged to home no later than post operative day 2 following cea or cas
- G9256Documentation of patient death following casterminated
- G9257Documentation of patient stroke following casterminated
- G9259Documentation of patient survival and absence of stroke following casterminated
- G9260Documentation of patient death following ceaterminated
- G9261Documentation of patient survival and absence of stroke following ceaterminated
- G9262Documentation of patient death in the hospital following endovascular aaa repairterminated
- G9263Documentation of patient discharged alive following endovascular aaa repairterminated
- G9264Documentation of patient receiving maintenance hemodialysis for greater than or equal to 90 days with a catheter for documented reasons (e.g., other medical reasons, patient declined arteriovenous fistula (avf)/arteriovenous graft (avg), other patient reasons)terminated
- G9265Patient receiving maintenance hemodialysis for greater than or equal to 90 days with a catheter as the mode of vascular accessterminated
- G9266Patient receiving maintenance hemodialysis for greater than or equal to 90 days without a catheter as the mode of vascular accessterminated
Questions about G9258
What is HCPCS code G9258?
G9258 is a HCPCS Level II code for documentation of patient stroke following cea. It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G9258?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G9258 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 G9258 still valid?
No. G9258 was terminated on December 31, 2020 and should not be used on new claims.