G9923 — Safety concerns screen provided and negative
G9923 is a HCPCS Level II code for safety concerns screen provided and negative. 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 G9923
- Long descriptor
- Safety concerns screen provided and negative
- Short descriptor
- Safty cncrns scrn and neg
- Added
- January 1, 2018
- 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 G9923
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G9923 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G9915No record of hbv results documented
- G9916Functional status performed once in the last 12 months
- G9917Documentation of advanced stage dementia and caregiver knowledge is limited
- G9918Functional status not performed, reason not otherwise specified
- G9919Screening performed and positive and provision of recommendations
- G9920Screening performed and negative
- G9921No screening performed, partial screening performed or positive screen without recommendations and reason is not given or otherwise specifiedterminated
- G9922Safety concerns screen provided and if positive then documented mitigation recommendations
- G9924Documentation of medical reason(s) for not providing safety concerns screen or for not providing recommendations, orders or referrals for positive screen (e.g., patient in palliative care, other medical reason)terminated
- G9925Safety concerns screening not provided, reason not otherwise specified
- G9926Safety concerns screening positive screen is without provision of mitigation recommendations, including but not limited to referral to other resources
- G9927Documentation of system reason(s) for not prescribing an fda-approved anticoagulation due to patient being currently enrolled in a clinical trial related to af/atrial flutter treatmentterminated
- G9928Fda-approved anticoagulant not prescribed, reason not given
- G9929Patient with transient or reversible cause of af (e.g., pneumonia, hyperthyroidism, pregnancy, cardiac surgery)
- G9930Patients who are receiving comfort care only
- G9931Documentation of cha2ds2-vasc risk score of 0 or 1 for men; or 0, 1, or 2 for women
Questions about G9923
What is HCPCS code G9923?
G9923 is a HCPCS Level II code for safety concerns screen provided and negative. It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G9923?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G9923 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 G9923 paid under the physician fee schedule?
G9923 carries PFS status code M. Measurement code. Used for reporting purposes only; never paid.