G9712

Official HCPCS Level II long descriptor

Documentation of medical reason(s) for prescribing or dispensing antibiotic (e.g., intestinal infection, pertussis, bacterial infection, lyme disease, otitis media, acute sinusitis, acute pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis, chronic sinusitis, infection of the pharynx/larynx/tonsils/adenoids, prostatitis, cellulitis/ mastoiditis/bone infections, acute lymphadenitis, impetigo, skin staph infections, pneumonia, gonococcal infections/venereal disease (syphilis, chlamydia, inflammatory diseases [female reproductive organs]), infections of the kidney, cystitis/uti, acne, hiv disease/asymptomatic hiv, cystic fibrosis, disorders of the immune system, malignancy neoplasms, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, bronchiectasis, extrinsic allergic alveolitis, chronic airway obstruction, chronic obstructive asthma, pneumoconiosis and other lung disease due to external agents, other diseases of the respiratory system, and tuberculosis

HCPCS Level II code G9712 is maintained by CMS and is active in the current quarterly release.

Short descriptor

Doc med rsn presc anbx

Added to HCPCS: 2017-01-01

Nearby codes in G9

• G9703Anbx 30 prior to episode
• G9704Ajcc br ca stg i: t1 mic/t1a
• G9705Ajcc br ca stg ib
• G9706Low recur prost ca
• G9708Bilat mast/hx bi /unilat mas
• G9709Hosp srv used pt in msmt per
• G9710Pt prov hosp srv msmt per
• G9711Pt hx tot col or colon ca
• G9713Pt use hosp during msmt per
• G9714Pt is w/hosp during msmt per
• G9716Bmi doc onl fup not cmpltd
• G9717Doc pt dx bipol
• G9719Pt not ambul/immob/wc
• G9720Hospice anytime msmt per
• G9721Pt not ambul/immob/wc
• G9722Doc hx renal fail or cr+ >=4