C9724 — Endoscopic full-thickness plication of the stomach using endoscopic plication system (eps); includes endoscopy
C9724 is a HCPCS Level II code for endoscopic full-thickness plication of the stomach using endoscopic plication system (eps); includes endoscopy. It belongs to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System section. It was terminated on December 31, 2015 and is not valid on new claims.
This code has been terminated
CMS terminated C9724 on December 31, 2015. 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: Special coverage instructions apply
There are published conditions attached to this code. Check the applicable coverage policy before billing it: the code being valid is not the same as the service being covered.
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 C9724
- Long descriptor
- Endoscopic full-thickness plication of the stomach using endoscopic plication system (eps); includes endoscopy
- Short descriptor
- Eps stomach plic
- Added
- April 1, 2005
- Terminated
- December 31, 2015
- BETOS
- P8I
- Pricing indicator
- 53 — 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.
When CMS retired it.
Berenson-Eggers Type of Service — CMS's own analytic grouping.
Statute.
Codes adjacent to C9724
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If C9724 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- C9602Percutaneous transluminal coronary atherectomy, with drug eluting intracoronary stent, with coronary angioplasty when performed; single major coronary artery or branch
- C9603Percutaneous transluminal coronary atherectomy, with drug-eluting intracoronary stent, with coronary angioplasty when performed; each additional branch of a major coronary artery (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
- C9604Percutaneous transluminal revascularization of or through coronary artery bypass graft (internal mammary, free arterial, venous), any combination of drug-eluting intracoronary stent, atherectomy and angioplasty, including distal protection when performed; single vessel
- C9605Percutaneous transluminal revascularization of or through coronary artery bypass graft (internal mammary, free arterial, venous), any combination of drug-eluting intracoronary stent, atherectomy and angioplasty, including distal protection when performed; each additional branch subtended by the bypass graft (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
- C9606Percutaneous transluminal revascularization of acute total/subtotal occlusion during acute myocardial infarction, coronary artery or coronary artery bypass graft, any combination of drug-eluting intracoronary stent, atherectomy and angioplasty, including aspiration thrombectomy when performed, single vessel
- C9607Percutaneous transluminal revascularization of chronic total occlusion, coronary artery, coronary artery branch, or coronary artery bypass graft, any combination of drug-eluting intracoronary stent, atherectomy and angioplasty; single vessel
- C9608Percutaneous transluminal revascularization of chronic total occlusion, coronary artery, coronary artery branch, or coronary artery bypass graft, any combination of drug-eluting intracoronary stent, atherectomy and angioplasty; each additional coronary artery, coronary artery branch, or bypass graft (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
- C9610Catheter, transluminal drug delivery with or without angioplasty, coronary, non-laser (insertable)
- C9725Placement of endorectal intracavitary applicator for high intensity brachytherapy
- C9726Placement and removal (if performed) of applicator into breast for intraoperative radiation therapy, add-on to primary breast procedure
- C9727Insertion of implants into the soft palate; minimum of three implants
- C9728Placement of interstitial device(s) for radiation therapy/surgery guidance (e.g., fiducial markers, dosimeter), for other than the following sites (any approach): abdomen, pelvis, prostate, retroperitoneum, thorax, single or multiple
- C9733Non-ophthalmic fluorescent vascular angiography
- C9734Focused ultrasound ablation/therapeutic intervention, other than uterine leiomyomata, with magnetic resonance (mr) guidance
- C9735Anoscopy; with directed submucosal injection(s), any substanceterminated
- C9737Laparoscopy, surgical, esophageal sphincter augmentation with device (e.g., magnetic band)terminated
Questions about C9724
What is HCPCS code C9724?
C9724 is a HCPCS Level II code for endoscopic full-thickness plication of the stomach using endoscopic plication system (eps); includes endoscopy. It sits in the Outpatient Prospective Payment System section.
Does Medicare cover C9724?
The CMS HCPCS file marks C9724 as "Special coverage instructions apply". There are published conditions attached to this code. Check the applicable coverage policy before billing it: the code being valid is not the same as the service being covered.
Is C9724 still valid?
No. C9724 was terminated on December 31, 2015 and should not be used on new claims.