G8817 – Statin therapy not prescribed at discharge, reason not given

Long description

Statin therapy not prescribed at discharge, reason not given

Short description

Doc reas no statin med disch

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, 2013 – No change

Nearby G codes

• 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])
• G8808 – Trans-abdominal or trans-vaginal ultrasound not performed, reason not given
• G8809 – Rh-immunoglobulin (rhogam) ordered
• G8810 – Rh-immunoglobulin (rhogam) not ordered for reasons documented by clinician (e.g., patient had prior documented receipt of rhogam within 12 weeks, patient refusal)
• G8811 – Documentation rh-immunoglobulin (rhogam) was not ordered, reason not given
• G8815 – Documented reason in the medical records for why the statin therapy was not prescribed (i.e., lower extremity bypass was for a patient with non-artherosclerotic disease)
• G8816 – Statin medication prescribed at discharge
• G8818 – Patient discharge to home no later than post-operative day #7
• G8825 – Patient not discharged to home by post-operative day #7
• G8826 – Patient discharged to home no later than post-operative day #2 following evar
• G8833 – Patient not discharged to home by post-operative day #2 following evar
• G8834 – Patient discharged to home no later than post-operative day #2 following cea
• G8838 – Patient not discharged to home by post-operative day #2 following cea
• G8839 – Sleep apnea symptoms assessed, including presence or absence of snoring and daytime sleepiness
• G8840 – Documentation of reason(s) for not documenting an assessment of sleep symptoms (e.g., patient didn't have initial daytime sleepiness, patient visited between initial testing and initiation of therapy)