G8953 – All quality actions for the applicable measures in the oncology measures group have been performed for this patient

Long description

All quality actions for the applicable measures in the oncology measures group have been performed for this patient

Short description

Oncology mg qual act perform

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, 2013

Last change

January 1, 2017 – No change

Termination date

December 31, 2016

Nearby G codes

• G8944 – Ajcc melanoma cancer stage 0 through iic melanoma
• G8946 – Minimally invasive biopsy method attempted but not diagnostic of breast cancer (e.g., high risk lesion of breast such as atypical ductal hyperplasia, lobular neoplasia, atypical lobular hyperplasia, lobular carcinoma in situ, atypical columnar hyperplasia, flat epithelial atypia, radial scar, complex sclerosing lesion, papillary lesion, or any lesion with spindle cells)
• G8947 – One or more neuropsychiatric symptoms
• G8948 – No neuropsychiatric symptoms
• G8949 – Documentation of patient reason(s) for patient not receiving counseling for diet and physical activity (e.g., patient is not willing to discuss diet or exercise interventions to help control blood pressure, or the patient said he/she refused to make these changes)
• G8950 – Elevated or hypertensive blood pressure reading documented, and the indicated follow-up is documented
• G8951 – Pre-hypertensive or hypertensive blood pressure reading documented, indicated follow-up not documented, documentation the patient is not eligible
• G8952 – Elevated or hypertensive blood pressure reading documented, indicated follow-up not documented, reason not given
• G8955 – Most recent assessment of adequacy of volume management documented
• G8956 – Patient receiving maintenance hemodialysis in an outpatient dialysis facility
• G8957 – Patient not receiving maintenance hemodialysis in an outpatient dialysis facility
• G8958 – Assessment of adequacy of volume management not documented, reason not given
• G8959 – Clinician treating major depressive disorder communicates to clinician treating comorbid condition
• G8960 – Clinician treating major depressive disorder did not communicate to clinician treating comorbid condition, reason not given
• G8961 – Cardiac stress imaging test primarily performed on low-risk surgery patient for preoperative evaluation within 30 days preceding this surgery
• G8962 – Cardiac stress imaging test performed on patient for any reason including those who did not have low risk surgery or test that was performed more than 30 days preceding low risk surgery