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Codes: g8896

g8896

g8896 is a valid HCPCS code for 2023. It's used to specify:
Documentation of medical reason(s) for not prescribing oral aspirin or other antithrombotic therapy (e.g. patient documented to be low risk or patient with terminal illness or treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate or for whom risk of aspirin or other antithrombotic therapy exceeds potential benefits such as for individuals whose blood pressure is poorly controlled)

g8896- HCPCS Details

HCPCS Code

g8896

Description

Short Description
Doc med reas no antihtrom
Long Description
Documentation of medical reason(s) for not prescribing oral aspirin or other antithrombotic therapy (e.g. patient documented to be low risk or patient with terminal illness or treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate or for whom risk of aspirin or other antithrombotic therapy exceeds potential benefits such as for individuals whose blood pressure is poorly controlled)

A code denoting Medicare coverage status.

HCPCS Coverage Code ⓘ

C

A code denoting the change made to a procedure or modifier code within the HCPCS system.

HCPCS Action Code ⓘ
N =
No maintenance for this code

Code used to identify the appropriate methodology for developing unique pricing amounts under part B. A procedure may have one to four pricing codes.

HCPCS Pricing Indicator ⓘ
00 =
Service not separately priced by part B (e.G. services not covered bundled used by part a only etc.)

Code used to identify instances where a procedure could be priced under multiple methodologies.

HCPCS Multiple Pricing Indicator Code ⓘ
9 =
Not applicable as HCPCS not priced separately by part B (pricing indicator is 00) or value is not established (pricing indicator is '99')

Berenson-Eggers Type of Service (BETOS) classification categories are used to analyze Medicare costs. All Health Care Financing Administration Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) procedure codes are assigned to a BETOS category.

BETOS Classification ⓘ

M5B =
Specialist - psychiatry

The carrier assigned CMS type of service which describes the particular kind(s) of service represented by the procedure code.

Type of Service ⓘ

1 =
Medical care
( )

Effective date of action to a procedure or modifier code

Effective Date ⓘ

01/01/2015

The year the HCPCS code was added to the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System.

Date Added ⓘ

01/01/2012
Termination Date
12/31/2014

The HCPCS Code Section that this code belongs to. It's typically denoted by the first letter in the code.

Code Section ⓘ

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