G9725 — Patients who use hospice services any time during the measurement period
G9725 is a HCPCS Level II code for patients who use hospice services any time during the measurement period. It belongs to the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section. It was terminated on December 31, 2023 and is not valid on new claims.
This code has been terminated
CMS terminated G9725 on December 31, 2023. 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 G9725
- Long descriptor
- Patients who use hospice services any time during the measurement period
- Short descriptor
- Pt w/hosp anytime msmt per
- Added
- January 1, 2017
- Terminated
- December 31, 2023
- 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 G9725
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G9725 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G9717Documentation stating the patient has had a diagnosis of bipolar disorder
- G9718Hospice services for patient provided any time during the measurement periodterminated
- 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
- G9726Patient refused to participate
- G9727Patient unable to complete the lepf prom at initial evaluation and/or discharge due to blindness, illiteracy, severe mental incapacity or language incompatibility and an adequate proxy is not available
- G9728Patient refused to participate
- G9729Patient unable to complete the lepf prom at initial evaluation and/or discharge due to blindness, illiteracy, severe mental incapacity or language incompatibility and an adequate proxy is not available
- G9730Patient refused to participate
- G9731Patient unable to complete the lepf prom at initial evaluation and/or discharge due to blindness, illiteracy, severe mental incapacity or language incompatibility and an adequate proxy is not available
- G9732Patient refused to participate
- G9733Patient unable to complete the low back fs prom at initial evaluation and/or discharge due to blindness, illiteracy, severe mental incapacity or language incompatibility and an adequate proxy is not available
Questions about G9725
What is HCPCS code G9725?
G9725 is a HCPCS Level II code for patients who use hospice services any time during the measurement period. It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G9725?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G9725 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 G9725 still valid?
No. G9725 was terminated on December 31, 2023 and should not be used on new claims.