G9930 — Patients who are receiving comfort care only
G9930 is a HCPCS Level II code for patients who are receiving comfort care only. 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 G9930
- Long descriptor
- Patients who are receiving comfort care only
- Short descriptor
- Com care
- 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 G9930
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G9930 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G9922Safety concerns screen provided and if positive then documented mitigation recommendations
- G9923Safety concerns screen provided and negative
- G9924Documentation of medical reason(s) for not providing safety concerns screen or for not providing recommendations, orders or referrals for positive screen (e.g., patient in palliative care, other medical reason)terminated
- G9925Safety concerns screening not provided, reason not otherwise specified
- G9926Safety concerns screening positive screen is without provision of mitigation recommendations, including but not limited to referral to other resources
- G9927Documentation of system reason(s) for not prescribing an fda-approved anticoagulation due to patient being currently enrolled in a clinical trial related to af/atrial flutter treatmentterminated
- G9928Fda-approved anticoagulant not prescribed, reason not given
- G9929Patient with transient or reversible cause of af (e.g., pneumonia, hyperthyroidism, pregnancy, cardiac surgery)
- G9931Documentation of cha2ds2-vasc risk score of 0 or 1 for men; or 0, 1, or 2 for women
- G9932Documentation of patient reason(s) for not having records of negative or managed positive tb screen (e.g., patient does not return for mantoux (ppd) skin test evaluation)terminated
- G9933Adenoma(s) or colorectal cancer detected during screening colonoscopyterminated
- G9934Documentation that neoplasm detected is only diagnosed as traditional serrated adenoma, sessile serrated polyp, or sessile serrated adenomaterminated
- G9935Adenoma(s) or colorectal cancer not detected during screening colonoscopyterminated
- G9936Surveillance colonoscopy - personal history of colonic polyps, colon cancer, or other malignant neoplasm of rectum, rectosigmoid junction, and anusterminated
- G9937Diagnostic colonoscopyterminated
- G9938Patients aged 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 six months prior to the measurement period through december 31 of the measurement period
Questions about G9930
What is HCPCS code G9930?
G9930 is a HCPCS Level II code for patients who are receiving comfort care only. It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G9930?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G9930 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 G9930 paid under the physician fee schedule?
G9930 carries PFS status code M. Measurement code. Used for reporting purposes only; never paid.