Q9004 — Department of veterans affairs whole health partner services
Q9004 is a HCPCS Level II code for department of veterans affairs whole health partner services. It belongs to the Temporary Codes 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 statusI
Not valid for Medicare purposes. Medicare uses another code.
Global period: XXX
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The CMS record for Q9004
- Long descriptor
- Department of veterans affairs whole health partner services
- Short descriptor
- Va whole health partner serv
- Added
- October 1, 2021
- BETOS
- Z2
- Pricing indicator
- 99 — Other
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.
Value not established.
Codes adjacent to Q9004
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If Q9004 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- Q5167Injection, denosumab-qbde (enoby/xtrenbo), biosimilar, 1 mg
- Q5168Injection, ranibizumab-leyk (nufymco), biosimilar, 0.1 mg
- Q5169Injection, pegfilgrastim-unne (armlupeg), biosimilar, 0.5 mg
- Q5170Injection, aflibercept-boav (eydenzelt), biosimilar, 1 mg
- Q5171Injection, denosumab-mobz (boncresa), biosimilar, 1 mg
- Q9001Assessment by chaplain services
- Q9002Counseling, individual, by chaplain services
- Q9003Counseling, group, by chaplain services
- Q9950Injection, sulfur hexafluoride lipid microspheres, per ml
- Q9951Low osmolar contrast material, 400 or greater mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml
- Q9953Injection, iron-based magnetic resonance contrast agent, per ml
- Q9954Oral magnetic resonance contrast agent, per 100 ml
- Q9955Injection, perflexane lipid microspheres, per ml
- Q9956Injection, octafluoropropane microspheres, per ml
- Q9957Injection, perflutren lipid microspheres, per ml
- Q9958High osmolar contrast material, up to 149 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml
Questions about Q9004
What is HCPCS code Q9004?
Q9004 is a HCPCS Level II code for department of veterans affairs whole health partner services. It sits in the Temporary Codes section.
Does Medicare cover Q9004?
The CMS HCPCS file marks Q9004 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 Q9004 paid under the physician fee schedule?
Q9004 carries PFS status code I. Not valid for Medicare purposes. Medicare uses another code.