G9718 — Hospice services for patient provided any time during the measurement period
G9718 is a HCPCS Level II code for hospice services for patient provided any time during the measurement period. It belongs to the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section. It was terminated on December 31, 2022 and is not valid on new claims.
This code has been terminated
CMS terminated G9718 on December 31, 2022. 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 G9718
- Long descriptor
- Hospice services for patient provided any time during the measurement period
- Short descriptor
- Hospice anytime msmt per
- Added
- January 1, 2017
- Terminated
- December 31, 2022
- 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 G9718
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G9718 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G9710Patient was provided hospice services any time during the measurement period
- G9711Patients with a diagnosis or past history of total colectomy or colorectal cancer
- G9712Documentation of medical reason(s) for prescribing or dispensing antibiotic (e.g., intestinal infection, pertussis, bacterial infection, lyme disease, otitis media, acute sinusitis, acute pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis, chronic sinusitis, infection of the pharynx/larynx/tonsils/adenoids, prostatitis, cellulitis/ mastoiditis/bone infections, acute lymphadenitis, impetigo, skin staph infections, pneumonia, gonococcal infections/venereal disease (syphilis, chlamydia, inflammatory diseases [female reproductive organs]), infections of the kidney, cystitis/uti, acne, hiv disease/asymptomatic hiv, cystic fibrosis, disorders of the immune system, malignancy neoplasms, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, bronchiectasis, extrinsic allergic alveolitis, chronic airway obstruction, chronic obstructive asthma, pneumoconiosis and other lung disease due to external agents, other diseases of the respiratory system, and tuberculosis
- G9713Patients who use hospice services any time during the measurement period
- G9714Patient is using hospice services any time during the measurement period
- G9715Patients who use hospice services any time during the measurement periodterminated
- G9716Bmi is documented as being outside of normal parameters, follow-up plan is not completed for documented medical reason
- G9717Documentation stating the patient has had a diagnosis of bipolar disorder
- G9719Patient is not ambulatory, bed ridden, immobile, confined to chair, wheelchair bound, dependent on helper pushing wheelchair, independent in wheelchair or minimal help in wheelchair
- G9720Hospice services for patient occurred any time during the measurement period
- G9721Patient not ambulatory, bed ridden, immobile, confined to chair, wheelchair bound, dependent on helper pushing wheelchair, independent in wheelchair or minimal help in wheelchair
- G9722Documented 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
- G9723Hospice services for patient received any time during the measurement period
- G9724Patients who had documentation of use of anticoagulant medications overlapping the measurement year
- G9725Patients who use hospice services any time during the measurement periodterminated
- G9726Patient refused to participate
Questions about G9718
What is HCPCS code G9718?
G9718 is a HCPCS Level II code for hospice services for patient provided any time during the measurement period. It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G9718?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G9718 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 G9718 still valid?
No. G9718 was terminated on December 31, 2022 and should not be used on new claims.