G9740 — Hospice services given to patient any time during the measurement period
G9740 is a HCPCS Level II code for hospice services given to patient any time during the measurement period. 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 G9740
- Long descriptor
- Hospice services given to patient any time during the measurement period
- Short descriptor
- Hosp srv to pt dur msmt per
- Added
- January 1, 2017
- 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 G9740
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G9740 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G9732Patient refused to participate
- G9733Patient unable to complete the low back fs prom at initial evaluation and/or discharge due to blindness, illiteracy, severe mental incapacity or language incompatibility and an adequate proxy is not available
- G9734Patient refused to participate
- G9735Patient unable to complete the shoulder fs prom at initial evaluation and/or discharge due to blindness, illiteracy, severe mental incapacity or language incompatibility and an adequate proxy is not available
- G9736Patient refused to participate
- G9737Patient unable to complete the elbow/wrist/hand fs prom at initial evaluation and/or discharge due to blindness, illiteracy, severe mental incapacity or language incompatibility and an adequate proxy is not available
- G9738Patient refused to participateterminated
- G9739Patient unable to complete the general orthopedic fs prom at initial evaluation and/or discharge due to blindness, illiteracy, severe mental incapacity or language incompatibility and an adequate proxy is not availableterminated
- G9741Patients who use hospice services any time during the measurement period
- G9742Psychiatric symptoms assessedterminated
- G9743Psychiatric symptoms not assessed, reason not otherwise specifiedterminated
- G9744Patient not eligible due to active diagnosis of hypertension
- G9745Documented reason for not screening or recommending a follow-up for high blood pressure
- G9746Patient has mitral stenosis or prosthetic heart valves or patient has transient or reversible cause of af (e.g., pneumonia, hyperthyroidism, pregnancy, cardiac surgery)
- G9747Patient is undergoing palliative dialysis with a catheterterminated
- G9748Patient approved by a qualified transplant program and scheduled to receive a living donor kidney transplantterminated
Questions about G9740
What is HCPCS code G9740?
G9740 is a HCPCS Level II code for hospice services given to patient any time during the measurement period. It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G9740?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G9740 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 G9740 paid under the physician fee schedule?
G9740 carries PFS status code M. Measurement code. Used for reporting purposes only; never paid.