G9409 HCPCS Level II code: Patients without cardiac tamponade and/or pericardiocentesis occurring within 30 days
G9409 is the HCPCS code for “Patients without cardiac tamponade and/or pericardiocentesis occurring within 30 days” in CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026.
Official description
G9409Patients without cardiac tamponade and/or pericardiocentesis occurring within 30 days
Short description: No card tamp e/in 30d
HCPCS · United States
Medicare details
The indicators CMS publishes with G9409 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, 2015
Where G9409 sits
- 1G codesProcedures and professional services
- 2Active code G9409Patients without cardiac tamponade and/or pericardiocentesis occurring within 30 days
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 G9409 mean?
G9409 is the HCPCS code for “Patients without cardiac tamponade and/or pericardiocentesis occurring within 30 days” in CMS’s HCPCS Level II October 2026 release.
Does Medicare cover G9409?
CMS lists G9409’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 G9409
All G codesG9403Clinician documented reason patient was not able to complete 30 day follow-up from acute inpatient setting discharge (e.g., patient death prior to follow-up visit, patient…G9404Patient did not receive follow-up within 30 days after dischargeG9405Patient received follow-up within 7 days after dischargeG9406Clinician documented reason patient was not able to complete 7 day follow-up from acute inpatient setting discharge (i.e patient death prior to follow-up visit, patient…G9407Patient did not receive follow-up within 7 days after dischargeG9408Patients with cardiac tamponade and/or pericardiocentesis occurring within 30 daysG9410Patient admitted within 180 days, status post cied implantation, replacement, or revision with an infection requiring device removal or surgical revisionG9411Patient not admitted within 180 days, status post cied implantation, replacement, or revision with an infection requiring device removal or surgical revisionG9412Patient admitted within 180 days, status post cied implantation, replacement, or revision with an infection requiring device removal or surgical revisionG9413Patient not admitted within 180 days, status post cied implantation, replacement, or revision with an infection requiring device removal or surgical revisionG9414Patient had one dose of meningococcal vaccine (serogroups a, c, w, y or a, c, w, y, b) on or between the patient's 10th and 13th birthdaysG9415Patient did not have one dose of meningococcal vaccine (serogroups a, c, w, y or a, c, w, y, b), on or between the patient's 10th and 13th birthdays