G9275 — Documentation that patient is a current non-tobacco user
G9275 is a HCPCS Level II code for documentation that patient is a current non-tobacco user. 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 G9275
- Long descriptor
- Documentation that patient is a current non-tobacco user
- Short descriptor
- Doc of non tobacco user
- Added
- January 1, 2014
- 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.
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 G9275
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G9275 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G9267Documentation of patient with one or more complications or mortality within 30 daysterminated
- G9268Documentation of patient with one or more complications within 90 daysterminated
- G9269Documentation of patient without one or more complications and without mortality within 30 daysterminated
- G9270Documentation of patient without one or more complications within 90 daysterminated
- G9271Ldl value < 100terminated
- G9272Ldl value >= 100terminated
- G9273Blood pressure has a systolic value of < 140 and a diastolic value of < 90
- G9274Blood pressure has a systolic value of =140 and a diastolic value of = 90 or systolic value < 140 and diastolic value = 90 or systolic value = 140 and diastolic value < 90
- G9276Documentation that patient is a current tobacco user
- G9277Documentation that the patient is on daily aspirin or anti-platelet or has documentation of a valid contraindication or exception to aspirin/anti-platelet; contraindications/exceptions include anti-coagulant use, allergy to aspirin or anti-platelets, history of gastrointestinal bleed and bleeding disorder; additionally, the following exceptions documented by the physician as a reason for not taking daily aspirin or anti-platelet are acceptable (use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, documented risk for drug interaction, uncontrolled hypertension defined as >180 systolic or >110 diastolic or gastroesophageal reflux)
- G9278Documentation that the patient is not on daily aspirin or anti-platelet regimen
- G9279Pneumococcal screening performed and documentation of vaccination received prior to discharge
- G9280Pneumococcal vaccination not administered prior to discharge, reason not specified
- G9281Screening performed and documentation that vaccination not indicated/patient refusal
- G9282Documentation of medical reason(s) for not reporting the histological type or nsclc-nos classification with an explanation (e.g., biopsy taken for other purposes in a patient with a history of non-small cell lung cancer or other documented medical reasons)
- G9283Non small cell lung cancer biopsy and cytology specimen report documents classification into specific histologic type or classified as nsclc-nos with an explanation
Questions about G9275
What is HCPCS code G9275?
G9275 is a HCPCS Level II code for documentation that patient is a current non-tobacco user. It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G9275?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G9275 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 G9275 paid under the physician fee schedule?
G9275 carries PFS status code M. Measurement code. Used for reporting purposes only; never paid.