HCPCS 2013 Code Changes

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A4435 Ostomy pouch, drainable, high output, with extended wear barrier (one-piece system), with or without filter, each
G0458 Low dose rate (ldr) prostate brachytherapy services, composite rate
J0485 Injection, belatacept, 1 mg
J0890 Injection, peginesatide, 0. 1 mg (for esrd on dialysis)
J7527 Everolimus, oral, 0. 25 mg
L7902 Tension ring, for vacuum erection device, any type, replacement only, each
G9229 Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis not screened, due to documented reason (patient refusal is the only allowed exclusion)
G9231 Documentation of end stage renal disease (esrd), dialysis, renal transplant or pregnancy
G9239 Documentation of reasons for patient initiaiting maintenance hemodialysis with a catheter as the mode of vascular access (eg, patient has a maturing avf/avg, time-limited trial of hemodialysis, patients undergoing palliative dialysis, other medical reasons, patient declined avf/avg, other patient reasons, patient followed by reporting nephrologist for fewer than 90 days, other system reasons)
G9264 Documentation of patient receiving maintenance hemodialysis for greater than or equal to 90 days with a catheter for documented reasons (eg, patient is undergoing palliative dialysis with a catheter, patient approved by a qualified transplant program and scheduled to receive a living donor kidney transplant, other medical reasons, patient declined avf/avg, other patient reasons)
G9503 Patient taking tamsulosin hydrochloride
G9523 Patient discontinued from hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis
G9606 Intraoperative cystoscopy performed to evaluate for lower tract injury
G9607 Patient is not eligible (e.g., patient death during procedure, absent urethra or an otherwise inaccessible bladder)
G9608 Intraoperative cystoscopy not performed to evaluate for lower tract injury
G9625 Patient sustained bladder injury at the time of surgery or subsequently up to 1 month post-surgery
G9626 Patient is not eligible (e.g., gynecologic or other pelvic malignancy documented, concurrent surgery involving bladder neoplasia or otherwise to treat a bladder specific problem, patient death from other causes, etc.)
G9627 Patient did not sustained bladder injury at the time of surgery or subsequently up to 1 month post-surgery
G9632 Patient is not eligible (e.g., gynecologic or other pelvic malignancy documented, concurrent surgery involving bladder neoplasia or otherwise to treat a bladder specific problem, patient death from other causes, etc.)
G9633 Patient did not sustain ureter injury at the time of surgery or subsequently up to 1 month post-surgery
J1443 Injection, ferric pyrophosphate citrate solution, 0.1 mg of iron
J2407 Injection, oritavancin, 10 mg
J7503 Tacrolimus, extended release, (Envarsus XR), oral, 0.25 mg
C9483 Injection, atezolizumab, 10 mg
G0491 Dialysis procedure at a medicare certified esrd facility for acute kidney injury without esrd
G0492 Dialysis procedure with single evaluation by a physician or other qualified health care professional for acute kidney injury without esrd
G9684 This code is for the onsite acute care treatment of a nursing facility resident for a uti; may only be billed once per day per beneficiary
G9722 Documented history of renal failure or baseline serum creatinine = 4.0 mg/dl; renal transplant recipients are not considered to have preoperative renal failure, unless, since transplantation the cr has been or is 4.0 or higher
G9747 Patient is undergoing palliative dialysis with a catheter
G9748 Patient approved by a qualified transplant program and scheduled to receive a living donor kidney transplant
G9749 Patient is undergoing palliative dialysis with a catheter
G9750 Patient approved by a qualified transplant program and scheduled to receive a living donor kidney transplant
C9016 Injection, triptorelin extended release, 3.75 mg
C9738 Adjunctive blue light cystoscopy with fluorescent imaging agent (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
C9748 Transurethral destruction of prostate tissue; by radiofrequency water vapor (steam) thermal therapy
G9894 Androgen deprivation therapy prescribed/administered in combination with external beam radiotherapy to the prostate
G9895 Documentation of medical reason(s) for not prescribing/administering androgen deprivation therapy in combination with external beam radiotherapy to the prostate (e.g., salvage therapy)
G9896 Documentation of patient reason(s) for not prescribing/administering androgen deprivation therapy in combination with external beam radiotherapy to the prostate
G9897 Patients who were not prescribed/administered androgen deprivation therapy in combination with external beam radiotherapy to the prostate, reason not given
J0604 Cinacalcet, oral, 1 mg, (for esrd on dialysis)
J0606 Injection, etelcalcetide, 0.1 mg
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G8465 High or very high risk of recurrence of prostate cancer
J7508 Tacrolimus, extended release, (Astagraf XL), oral, 0.1 mg
E0740 Non-implanted pelvic floor electrical stimulator, complete system
G9229 Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis screening results not documented (patient refusal is the only allowed exception)
G9231 Documentation of end stage renal disease (esrd), dialysis, renal transplant before or during the measurement period or pregnancy during the measurement period
G9239 Documentation of reasons for patient initiaiting maintenance hemodialysis with a catheter as the mode of vascular access (e.g., patient has a maturing avf/avg, time-limited trial of hemodialysis, other medical reasons, patient declined avf/avg, other patient reasons, patient followed by reporting nephrologist for fewer than 90 days, other system reasons)
G9264 Documentation of patient receiving maintenance hemodialysis for greater than or equal to 90 days with a catheter for documented reasons (e.g., other medical reasons, patient declined avf/avg, other patient reasons)
G9607 Documented medical reasons for not performing intraoperative cystoscopy (e.g., urethral pathology precluding cystoscopy, any patient who has a congenital or acquired absence of the urethra)
G9625 Patient sustained bladder injury at the time of surgery or discovered subsequently up to 1 month post-surgery
G9626 Documented medical reason for not reporting bladder injury (e.g., gynecologic or other pelvic malignancy documented, concurrent surgery involving bladder pathology, injury that occurs during Urology incontinence procedure, patient death from non-medical causes not related to surgery, patient died during procedure without evidence of bladder injury)
G9627 Patient did not sustain bladder injury at the time of surgery nor discovered subsequently up to 1 month post-surgery
G9632 Documented medical reasons for not reporting ureter injury (e.g., gynecologic or other pelvic malignancy documented, concurrent surgery involving bladder pathology, injury that occurs during a Urology incontinence procedure, patient death from non-medical causes not related to surgery, patient died during procedure without evidence of ureter injury)
G9633 Patient did not sustain ureter injury at the time of surgery nor discovered subsequently up to 1 month post-surgery
G9607 Documented medical reasons for not performing intraoperative cystoscopy (e.g., urethral pathology precluding cystoscopy, any patient who has a congenital or acquired absence of the urethra) or in the case of patient death
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G8727 Patient receiving hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis or kidney transplantation
G8957 Patient not receiving maintenance hemodialysis in an outpatient dialysis facility
G8530 Autogenous AV fistula received
G8531 Clinician documented that patient was not an eligible candidate for autogenous AV fistula
G8532 Clinician documented that patient recevied vascular access other than autogenous AV fistula, reason not given
G8713 SpKt/V greater than or equal to 1.2 (single-pool clearance of urea [Kt] / volume [V])
G8714 Hemodialysis treatment performed exactly three times per week for > 90 days
G8717 SpKt/V less than 1.2 (single-pool clearance of urea [Kt] / volume [V]), reason not given
G8718 Total Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7 per week (total clearance of urea [Kt] / volume [V])
G8720 Total Kt/V less than 1.7 per week (total clearance of urea [Kt] / volume [V])
J0886 Injection, epoetin alfa, 1000 units (for ESRD on dialysis)
S3721 Prostate cancer antigen 3 (PCA3) testing
C9461 Choline c 11, diagnostic, per study dose
G8487 I intend to report the chronic kidney disease (ckd) measures group
G8495 All quality actions for the applicable measures in the chronic kidney disease (ckd) measures group have been performed for this patient