G9408 — Patients with cardiac tamponade and/or pericardiocentesis occurring within 30 days
G9408 is a HCPCS Level II code for patients with cardiac tamponade and/or pericardiocentesis occurring within 30 days. 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 G9408
- Long descriptor
- Patients with cardiac tamponade and/or pericardiocentesis occurring within 30 days
- Short descriptor
- Card tamp w/in 30d
- Added
- January 1, 2015
- 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 G9408
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G9408 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G9400Documentation of medical or patient reason(s) for not discussing treatment options; medical reasons: patient is not a candidate for treatment due to advanced physical or mental health comorbidity (including active substance use); currently receiving antiviral treatment; successful antiviral treatment (with sustained virologic response) prior to reporting period; other documented medical reasons; patient reasons: patient unable or unwilling to participate in the discussion or other patient reasonsterminated
- G9401No documentation in the patient record of a discussion between the physician or other qualified healthcare professional and the patient that includes all of the following: treatment choices appropriate to genotype, risks and benefits, evidence of effectiveness, and patient preferences toward treatmentterminated
- G9402Patient received follow-up within 30 days after dischargeterminated
- G9403Clinician documented reason patient was not able to complete 30 day follow-up from acute inpatient setting discharge (e.g., patient death prior to follow-up visit, patient non-compliant for visit follow-up)terminated
- G9404Patient did not receive follow-up within 30 days after dischargeterminated
- G9405Patient received follow-up within 7 days after dischargeterminated
- G9406Clinician documented reason patient was not able to complete 7 day follow-up from acute inpatient setting discharge (i.e patient death prior to follow-up visit, patient non-compliance for visit follow-up)terminated
- G9407Patient did not receive follow-up within 7 days after dischargeterminated
- G9409Patients without cardiac tamponade and/or pericardiocentesis occurring within 30 days
- G9410Patient admitted within 180 days, status post cied implantation, replacement, or revision with an infection requiring device removal or surgical revision
- G9411Patient not admitted within 180 days, status post cied implantation, replacement, or revision with an infection requiring device removal or surgical revision
- G9412Patient admitted within 180 days, status post cied implantation, replacement, or revision with an infection requiring device removal or surgical revision
- G9413Patient not admitted within 180 days, status post cied implantation, replacement, or revision with an infection requiring device removal or surgical revision
- G9414Patient had one dose of meningococcal vaccine (serogroups a, c, w, y or a, c, w, y, b) on or between the patient's 10th and 13th birthdays
- G9415Patient did not have one dose of meningococcal vaccine (serogroups a, c, w, y or a, c, w, y, b), on or between the patient's 10th and 13th birthdays
- G9416Patient had one tetanus, diphtheria toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine (tdap) on or between the patient's 10th and 13th birthdays
Questions about G9408
What is HCPCS code G9408?
G9408 is a HCPCS Level II code for patients with cardiac tamponade and/or pericardiocentesis occurring within 30 days. It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G9408?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G9408 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 G9408 paid under the physician fee schedule?
G9408 carries PFS status code M. Measurement code. Used for reporting purposes only; never paid.