G9902 — Patient screened for tobacco use and identified as a tobacco user
G9902 is a HCPCS Level II code for patient screened for tobacco use and identified as a tobacco user. It belongs to the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) 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 statusM
Measurement code. Used for reporting purposes only; never paid.
Global period: XXX
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The CMS record for G9902
- Long descriptor
- Patient screened for tobacco use and identified as a tobacco user
- Short descriptor
- Pt scrn tbco and id as user
- Added
- January 1, 2018
- 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.
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 G9902
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G9902 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G9894Androgen deprivation therapy prescribed/administered in combination with external beam radiotherapy to the prostate
- G9895Documentation of medical reason(s) for not prescribing/administering androgen deprivation therapy in combination with external beam radiotherapy to the prostate (e.g., salvage therapy)
- G9896Documentation of patient reason(s) for not prescribing/administering androgen deprivation therapy in combination with external beam radiotherapy to the prostate
- G9897Patients who were not prescribed/administered androgen deprivation therapy in combination with external beam radiotherapy to the prostate, reason not given
- G9898Patients age 66 or older in institutional special needs plans (snp) or residing in long-term care with pos code 32, 33, 34, 54, or 56 for more than 90 consecutive days during the measurement period
- G9899Screening, diagnostic, film, digital or digital breast tomosynthesis (3d) mammography results documented and reviewed
- G9900Screening, diagnostic, film, digital or digital breast tomosynthesis (3d) mammography results were not documented and reviewed, reason not otherwise specified
- G9901Patient age 66 or older in institutional special needs plans (snp) or residing in long-term care with pos code 32, 33, 34, 54, or 56 for more than 90 consecutive days during the measurement period
- G9903Patient screened for tobacco use and identified as a tobacco non-user
- G9904Documentation of medical reason(s) for not screening for tobacco use (e.g., limited life expectancy, other medical reason)terminated
- G9905Patient not screened for tobacco use
- G9906Patient identified as a tobacco user received tobacco cessation intervention during the measurement period or in the six months prior to the measurement period (counseling and/or pharmacotherapy)
- G9907Documentation of medical reason(s) for not providing tobacco cessation intervention on the date of the encounter or within the previous 12 months (e.g., limited life expectancy, other medical reason)terminated
- G9908Patient identified as tobacco user did not receive tobacco cessation intervention during the measurement period or in the six months prior to the measurement period (counseling and/or pharmacotherapy)
- G9909Documentation of medical reason(s) for not providing tobacco cessation intervention on the date of the encounter or within the previous 12 months if identified as a tobacco user (e.g., limited life expectancy, other medical reason)terminated
- G9910Patients age 66 or older in institutional special needs plans (snp) or residing in long-term care with pos code 32, 33, 34, 54 or 56 for more than 90 consecutive days during the measurement period
Questions about G9902
What is HCPCS code G9902?
G9902 is a HCPCS Level II code for patient screened for tobacco use and identified as a tobacco user. It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G9902?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G9902 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 G9902 paid under the physician fee schedule?
G9902 carries PFS status code M. Measurement code. Used for reporting purposes only; never paid.