G8781 – Documentation of medical reason(s) for patient not receiving counseling for diet and physical activity (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 patient not receiving counseling for diet and physical activity (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 counsel diet

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

• 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
• G8777 – Diabetes screening test performed
• G8778 – Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing diabetes screening test (e.g., patients with a diagnosis of diabetes, or with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate)
• G8779 – Diabetes screening test not performed, reason not given
• G8780 – Counseling for diet and physical activity performed
• G8782 – Counseling for diet and physical activity not performed, reason not given
• G8783 – Normal blood pressure reading documented, follow-up not required
• G8784 – Patient not eligible (e.g., documentation the patient is not eligible due to active diagnosis of hypertension, patient refuses, urgent or emergent situation)
• G8785 – Blood pressure reading not documented, reason not given
• G8797 – Specimen site other than anatomic location of esophagus
• G8798 – Specimen site other than anatomic location of prostate
• G8806 – Performance of trans-abdominal or trans-vaginal ultrasound and pregnancy location documented
• G8807 – Trans-abdominal or trans-vaginal ultrasound not performed for reasons documented by clinician (e.g., patient has a documented intrauterine pregnancy [iup])