G8768 – Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing lipid profile (e.g., patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate)

Long description

Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing lipid profile (e.g., patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate)

Short description

Doc med reas no lipid profle

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, 2015 – No change

Termination date

December 31, 2014

Nearby G codes

• G8758 – All quality actions for the applicable measures in the inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) measures group have been performed for this patient
• G8759 – All quality actions for the applicable measures in the sleep apnea measures group have been performed for this patient
• G8761 – All quality actions for the applicable measures in the dementia measures group have been performed for this patient
• G8762 – All quality actions for the applicable measures in the parkinson's disease measures group have been performed for this patient
• G8763 – All quality actions for the applicable measures in the hypertension (htn) measures group have been performed for this patient
• G8764 – All quality actions for the applicable measures in the cardiovascular prevention measures group have bee performed for this patient
• G8765 – All quality actions for the applicable measures in the cataract measures group have been performed for this patient
• G8767 – Lipid panel results documented and reviewed (must include total cholesterol, hdl-c, triglycerides and calculated ldl-c)
• G8769 – Lipid profile not performed, reason not given
• G8770 – Urine protein test result documented and reviewed
• G8771 – Documentation of diagnosis of chronic kidney disease
• G8772 – Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing urine protein test (e.g., patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not cllinically appropriate)
• G8773 – Urine protein test was not performed, reason not given
• G8774 – Serum creatinine test result documented and reviewed
• G8775 – Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing serum creatinine test (e.g., patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate)
• G8776 – Serum creatinine test not performed, reason not given