G9748 — Patient approved by a qualified transplant program and scheduled to receive a living donor kidney transplant
G9748 is a HCPCS Level II code for patient approved by a qualified transplant program and scheduled to receive a living donor kidney transplant. 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 G9748 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 G9748
- Long descriptor
- Patient approved by a qualified transplant program and scheduled to receive a living donor kidney transplant
- Short descriptor
- App transpl lvg kidney donor
- Added
- January 1, 2017
- 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 G9748
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G9748 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G9740Hospice services given to patient any time during the measurement period
- 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
- G9749Patient is undergoing palliative dialysis with a catheterterminated
- G9750Patient approved by a qualified transplant program and scheduled to receive a living donor kidney transplantterminated
- G9751Patient died at any time during the 24-month measurement periodterminated
- G9752Emergency surgery
- G9753Documentation of medical reason for not conducting a search for dicom format images for prior patient ct imaging studies completed at non-affiliated external healthcare facilities or entities within the past 12 months that are available through a secure, authorized, media-free, shared archive (e.g., trauma, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, aortic aneurysm where time is of the essence)
- G9754A finding of an incidental pulmonary nodule
- G9755Documentation of medical reason(s) for not including a recommended interval and modality for follow-up or for no follow-up, and source of recommendations (e.g., patients with unexplained fever, immunocompromised patients who are at risk for infection)
- G9756Surgical procedures that included the use of silicone oil
Questions about G9748
What is HCPCS code G9748?
G9748 is a HCPCS Level II code for patient approved by a qualified transplant program and scheduled to receive a living donor kidney transplant. It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G9748?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G9748 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 G9748 still valid?
No. G9748 was terminated on December 31, 2020 and should not be used on new claims.