G9602 — Patient not discharged to home by post-operative day #7
G9602 is a HCPCS Level II code for patient not discharged to home by post-operative day #7. 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 G9602 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 G9602
- Long descriptor
- Patient not discharged to home by post-operative day #7
- Short descriptor
- Pt no dchg home postop day 7
- Added
- January 1, 2016
- Terminated
- December 31, 2020
- 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.
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 G9602
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G9602 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G9594Patient presented with a minor blunt head trauma and had a head ct ordered for trauma by an emergency care provider
- G9595Patient has documentation of ventricular shunt, brain tumor, or coagulopathy
- G9596Pediatric patient had a head ct for trauma ordered by someone other than an emergency care provider or was ordered for a reason other than traumaterminated
- G9597Pediatric patient with minor blunt head trauma not classified as low risk according to the pecarn prediction rules
- G9598Aortic aneurysm 5.5 - 5.9 cm maximum diameter on centerline formatted ct or minor diameter on axial formatted ct
- G9599Aortic aneurysm 6.0 cm or greater maximum diameter on centerline formatted ct or minor diameter on axial formatted ct
- G9600Symptomatic aaas that required urgent/emergent (non-elective) repairterminated
- G9601Patient discharge to home no later than post-operative day #7terminated
- G9603Patient survey score improved from baseline following treatment
- G9604Patient survey results not availableterminated
- G9605Patient survey score did not improve from baseline following treatment
- G9606Intraoperative cystoscopy performed to evaluate for lower tract injury
- G9607Documented medical reasons for not performing intraoperative cystoscopy (e.g., urethral pathology precluding cystoscopy, any patient who has a congenital or acquired absence of the urethra) or in the case of patient death
- G9608Intraoperative cystoscopy not performed to evaluate for lower tract injury
- G9609Documentation of an order for anti-platelet agents
- G9610Documentation of medical reason(s) in the patient's record for not ordering anti-platelet agents
Questions about G9602
What is HCPCS code G9602?
G9602 is a HCPCS Level II code for patient not discharged to home by post-operative day #7. It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G9602?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G9602 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 G9602 still valid?
No. G9602 was terminated on December 31, 2020 and should not be used on new claims.