HCPCS Level II · Procedures and professional services (temporary)
G9426Improvement in median time from ed arrival to initial ed oral or parenteral pain medication administration performed for ed admitted patients
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Source: CMS HCPCS quarterly update, October 2026. Page updated September 29, 2026.
About G9426
G9426 is an HCPCS Level II code in the G series (procedures and professional services (temporary)), describing improvement in median time from ed arrival to initial ed oral or parenteral pain medication administration performed for ed admitted patients.
It was added to HCPCS effective 01/01/2015.
Its Medicare coverage code is "C", meaning coverage is left to the Medicare contractor's judgment.
Details
- Short description
- Impr med time edarr pain med
- Date added
- 01/01/2015
- Action effective
- 01/01/2015
- BETOS
- Z2
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- G9411Patient not admitted within 180 days, status post cied implantation, replacement, or revision with an infection requiring device removal or surgical revision
- G9412Patient admitted within 180 days, status post cied implantation, replacement, or revision with an infection requiring device removal or surgical revision
- G9413Patient not admitted within 180 days, status post cied implantation, replacement, or revision with an infection requiring device removal or surgical revision
- G9414Patient 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 birthdays
- G9415Patient 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
- G9416Patient had one tetanus, diphtheria toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine (tdap) on or between the patient's 10th and 13th birthdays
- G9417Patient did not have one tetanus, diphtheria toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine (tdap) on or between the patient's 10th and 13th birthdays
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Common questions about G9426
Is HCPCS G9426 still valid?
- Yes. G9426 is active in the CMS October 2026 HCPCS file.
Does Medicare cover G9426?
- Its coverage code is "C": coverage is left to the Medicare contractor's judgment. Check the local coverage determination for your region.