G9526 — Patient was not referred to hospice care, reason not given

Codes adjacent to G9526

HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G9526 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.

• G9518Documentation of active injection drug use
• G9519Patient achieves final refraction (spherical equivalent) +/- 1.0 diopters of their planned refraction within 90 days of surgery
• G9520Patient does not achieve final refraction (spherical equivalent) +/- 1.0 diopters of their planned refraction within 90 days of surgery
• G9521Total number of emergency department visits and inpatient hospitalizations less than two in the past 12 months
• G9522Total number of emergency department visits and inpatient hospitalizations equal to or greater than two in the past 12 months or patient not screened, reason not given
• G9523Patient discontinued from hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysisterminated
• G9524Patient was referred to hospice careterminated
• G9525Documentation of patient reason(s) for not referring to hospice care (e.g., patient declined, other patient reasons)terminated
• G9529Patient with minor blunt head trauma had an appropriate indication(s) for a head ct
• G9530Patient presented with a minor blunt head trauma and had a head ct ordered for trauma by an emergency care provider
• G9531Patient has documentation of ventricular shunt, brain tumor, multisystem trauma, or is currently taking an antiplatelet medication including: abciximab, anagrelide, cangrelor, cilostazol, clopidogrel, dipyridamole, eptifibatide, prasugrel, ticlopidine, ticagrelor, tirofiban, or vorapaxar
• G9532Patient had a head ct for trauma ordered by someone other than an emergency care provider or was ordered for a reason other than traumaterminated
• G9533Patient with minor blunt head trauma did not have an appropriate indication(s) for a head ct
• G9534Advanced brain imaging (cta, ct, mra or mri) was not orderedterminated
• G9535Patients with a normal neurological examinationterminated
• G9536Documentation of medical reason(s) for ordering an advanced brain imaging study (i.e., patient has an abnormal neurological examination; patient has the coexistence of seizures, or both; recent onset of severe headache; change in the type of headache; signs of increased intracranial pressure (e.g., papilledema, absent venous pulsations on funduscopic examination, altered mental status, focal neurologic deficits, signs of meningeal irritation); hiv-positive patients with a new type of headache; immunocompromised patient with unexplained headache symptoms; patient on coagulopathy/anti-coagulation or anti-platelet therapy; very young patients with unexplained headache symptoms)terminated

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