G9621 — Patient identified as an unhealthy alcohol user when screened for unhealthy alcohol use using a systematic screening method and received brief counseling

Codes adjacent to G9621

HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G9621 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.

• G9613Documentation of post-surgical anatomy (e.g., right hemicolectomy, ileocecal resection, etc.)terminated
• G9614Photodocumentation of less than two cecal landmarks (i.e., no cecal landmarks or only one cecal landmark) to establish a complete examinationterminated
• G9615Preoperative assessment documentedterminated
• G9616Documentation of reason(s) for not documenting a preoperative assessment (e.g., patient with a gynecologic or other pelvic malignancy noted at the time of surgery)terminated
• G9617Preoperative assessment not documented, reason not giventerminated
• G9618Documentation of screening for uterine malignancy or those that had an ultrasound and/or endometrial sampling of any kindterminated
• G9619Documentation of reason(s) for not screening for uterine malignancy (e.g., prior hysterectomy)terminated
• G9620Patient not screened for uterine malignancy, or those that have not had an ultrasound and/or endometrial sampling of any kind, reason not giventerminated
• G9622Patient not identified as an unhealthy alcohol user when screened for unhealthy alcohol use using a systematic screening method
• G9623Documentation of medical reason(s) for not screening for unhealthy alcohol use (e.g., limited life expectancy, other medical reasons)terminated
• G9624Patient not screened for unhealthy alcohol use using a systematic screening method or patient did not receive brief counseling if identified as an unhealthy alcohol user
• G9625Patient sustained bladder injury at the time of surgery or discovered subsequently up to 30 days post-surgery
• G9626Documented medical reason for not reporting bladder injury (e.g., gynecologic or other pelvic malignancy documented, concurrent surgery involving bladder pathology, injury that occurs during a urinary incontinence procedure, patient death from non-medical causes not related to surgery, patient died during procedure without evidence of bladder injury)
• G9627Patient did not sustain bladder injury at the time of surgery nor discovered subsequently up to 30 days post-surgery
• G9628Patient sustained bowel injury at the time of surgery or discovered subsequently up to 30 days post-surgery
• G9629Documented medical reasons for not reporting bowel injury (e.g., gynecologic or other pelvic malignancy documented, planned (e.g., not due to an unexpected bowel injury) resection and/or re-anastomosis of bowel, or patient death from non-medical causes not related to surgery, patient died during procedure without evidence of bowel injury)

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