G0041 HCPCS Level II code: Patient and/or care partner decline referral
G0041 is the HCPCS code for “Patient and/or care partner decline referral” in CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026.
Official description
G0041Patient and/or care partner decline referral
Short description: Pt/ptn decln referral
HCPCS · United States
Medicare details
The indicators CMS publishes with G0041 in its October 2026 file. They describe Medicare’s handling, not another payer’s.
- Medicare coverage
- Carrier judgment
- Medicare pricing
- Service not separately priced by Part B (e.g., services not covered, bundled, used by Part A only, etc.)
- Type of service
- Medical care
- BETOS category
- Undefined codes
- Added
- Jan 1, 2022
Where G0041 sits
- 1G codesProcedures and professional services
- 2Active code G0041Patient and/or care partner decline referral
Source and release
- Data release
- HCPCS Level II · October 2026
- Effective date
- Oct 1, 2026
- Publisher
- CMS
This page is built from the HCPCS Level II catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’s October 2026 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.
Frequently asked questions
What does HCPCS code G0041 mean?
G0041 is the HCPCS code for “Patient and/or care partner decline referral” in CMS’s HCPCS Level II October 2026 release.
Does Medicare cover G0041?
CMS lists G0041’s Medicare coverage as “Carrier judgment” and its pricing as “Service not separately priced by Part B (e.g., services not covered, bundled, used by Part A only, etc.)”. Coverage and payment still depend on the patient, the setting, the documentation and the payer.
Which HCPCS Level II release does this page use?
It uses CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026 to Dec 31, 2026. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.
Codes beside G0041
All G codesG0035Patient has any emergency department encounter during the performance period with place of service indicator 23G0036Patient or care partner decline assessmentG0037On date of encounter, patient is not able to participate in assessment or screening, including non-verbal patients, delirious, severely aphasic, severely developmentally delayed…G0038Clinician determines patient does not require referralG0039Patient not referred, reason not otherwise specifiedG0040Patient already receiving physical/occupational/speech/recreational therapy during the measurement periodG0042Referral to physical, occupational, speech, or recreational therapyG0043Patients with mechanical prosthetic heart valveG0044Patients with moderate or severe mitral stenosisG0045Clinical follow-up and mrs score assessed at 90 days following endovascular stroke interventionG0046Clinical follow-up and mrs score not assessed at 90 days following endovascular stroke interventionG0047Pediatric patient with minor blunt head trauma and pecarn prediction criteria are not assessed