G8710 – Patient prescribed antibiotic

Long description

Patient prescribed antibiotic

Short description

Pt pres antibiotic

Pricing indicator

00 Not separately priced by Part B (bundled, not covered or Part A only)

Medicare coverage

C Carrier judgment – coverage decided by the Medicare contractor

BETOS category

M5B Specialist - psychiatry

Added

January 1, 2012

Last change

January 1, 2023 – No change

Nearby G codes

• G8702 – Documentation that prophylactic antibiotics were given within 4 hours prior to surgical incision or intraoperatively
• G8703 – Documentation that prophylactic antibiotics were neither given within 4 hours prior to surgical incision nor intraoperatively
• G8704 – 12-lead electrocardiogram (ecg) performed
• G8705 – Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ecg)
• G8706 – Documentation of patient reason(s) for not performing a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ecg)
• G8707 – 12-lead electrocardiogram (ecg) not performed, reason not given
• G8708 – Patient not prescribed antibiotic
• G8709 – Uri episodes when the patient had competing diagnoses on or three days after the episode date (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, or 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 or uti, and acne)
• G8711 – Prescribed antibiotic on or within 3 days after the episode date
• G8712 – Antibiotic not prescribed or dispensed
• G8713 – Spkt/v greater than or equal to 1.2 (single-pool clearance of urea [kt] / volume [v])
• G8714 – Hemodialysis treatment performed exactly three times per week for > 90 days
• G8717 – Spkt/v less than 1.2 (single-pool clearance of urea [kt] / volume [v]), reason not given
• G8718 – Total kt/v greater than or equal to 1.7 per week (total clearance of urea [kt] / volume [v])
• G8720 – Total kt/v less than 1.7 per week (total clearance of urea [kt] / volume [v])
• G8721 – Pt category (primary tumor), pn category (regional lymph nodes), and histologic grade were documented in pathology report