Temporary G codes are assigned to services and procedures that are under review before being included in the CPT coding system. Payment for these services is under the jurisdiction of the local carriers.

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• G8878

  Sentinel lymph node biopsy procedure performed

• G8879

  Clinically node negative (t1n0m0 or t2n0m0) invasive breast cancer

• G8880

  Documentation of reason(s) sentinel lymph node biopsy not performed (e.g., reasons could include but not limited to; non-invasive cancer, incidental discovery of breast cancer on prophylactic mastectomy, incidental discovery of breast cancer on reduction mammoplasty, pre-operative biopsy proven lymph node (ln) metastases, inflammatory carcinoma, stage 3 locally advanced cancer, recurrent invasive breast cancer, clinically node positive after neoadjuvant systemic therapy, patient refusal after informed consent, patient with significant age, comorbidities, or limited life expectancy and favorable tumor; adjuvant systemic therapy unlikely to change)

• G8881

  Stage of breast cancer is greater than t1n0m0 or t2n0m0

• G8882

  Sentinel lymph node biopsy procedure not performed, reason not given

• G8883

  Biopsy results reviewed, communicated, tracked and documented

• G8884

  Clinician documented reason that patient's biopsy results were not reviewed

• G8885

  Biopsy results not reviewed, communicated, tracked or documented

• G8886

  Most recent blood pressure under control

• G8887

  Documentation of medical reason(s) for most recent blood pressure not being under control (e.g., patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate)

• G8888

  Most recent blood pressure not under control, results documented and reviewed

• G8889

  No documentation of blood pressure measurement, reason not given

• G8890

  Most recent ldl-c under control, results documented and reviewed

• G8891

  Documentation of medical reason(s) for most recent ldl-c not under control (e.g., patients with palliative goals for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate)

• G8892

  Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing ldl-c test (e.g. patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate)

• G8893

  Most recent ldl-c not under control, results documented and reviewed

• G8894

  Ldl-c not performed, reason not given

• G8895

  Oral aspirin or other antithrombotic therapy prescribed

• G8896

  Documentation of medical reason(s) for not prescribing oral aspirin or other antithrombotic therapy (e.g., patient documented to be low risk or patient with terminal illness or treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate, or for whom risk of aspirin or other antithrombotic therapy exceeds potential benefits such as for individuals whose blood pressure is poorly controlled)

• G8897

  Oral aspirin or other antithrombotic therapy was not prescribed, reason not given

• G8898

  I intend to report the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) measures group

• G8899

  I intend to report the inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) measures group

• G8900

  I intend to report the sleep apnea measures group

• G8902

  I intend to report the dementia measures group

• G8903

  I intend to report the parkinson's disease measures group

• G8904

  I intend to report the hypertension (htn) measures group

• G8905

  I intend to report the cardiovascular prevention measures group

• G8906

  I intend to report the cataract measures group

• G8907

  Patient documented not to have experienced any of the following events: a burn prior to discharge; a fall within the facility; wrong site/side/patient/procedure/implant event; or a hospital transfer or hospital admission upon discharge from the facility

• G8908

  Patient documented to have received a burn prior to discharge

• G8909

  Patient documented not to have received a burn prior to discharge

• G8910

  Patient documented to have experienced a fall within asc

• G8911

  Patient documented not to have experienced a fall within ambulatory surgical center

• G8912

  Patient documented to have experienced a wrong site, wrong side, wrong patient, wrong procedure or wrong implant event

• G8913

  Patient documented not to have experienced a wrong site, wrong side, wrong patient, wrong procedure or wrong implant event

• G8914

  Patient documented to have experienced a hospital transfer or hospital admission upon discharge from asc

• G8915

  Patient documented not to have experienced a hospital transfer or hospital admission upon discharge from asc

• G8916

  Patient with preoperative order for iv antibiotic surgical site infection (ssi) prophylaxis, antibiotic initiated on time

• G8917

  Patient with preoperative order for iv antibiotic surgical site infection (ssi) prophylaxis, antibiotic not initiated on time

• G8918

  Patient without preoperative order for iv antibiotic surgical site infection (ssi) prophylaxis

• G8923

  Current or prior left ventricular ejection fraction (lvef) <= 40% or documentation of moderately or severely depressed left ventricular systolic function

• G8924

  Spirometry results documented (fev1/fvc < 70%)

• G8925

  Spirometry test results demonstrate fev1 >= 60% fev1/fvc >= 70%, predicted or patient does not have copd symptoms

• G8926

  Spirometry test not performed or documented, reason not given

• G8927

  Adjuvant chemotherapy referred, prescribed or previously received for ajcc stage iii, colon cancer

• G8928

  Adjuvant chemotherapy not prescribed or previously received, for documented reasons (e.g., medical co-morbidities, diagnosis date more than 5 years prior to the current visit date, patient's diagnosis date is within 120 days of the end of the 12 month reporting period, patient's cancer has metastasized, medical contraindication/allergy, poor performance status, other medical reasons, patient refusal, other patient reasons, patient is currently enrolled in a clinical trial that precludes prescription of chemotherapy, other system reasons)

• G8929

  Adjuvant chemotherapy not prescribed or previously received, reason not given

• G8930

  Assessment of depression severity at the initial evaluation

• G8931

  Assessment of depression severity not documented, reason not given

• G8932

  Suicide risk assessed at the initial evaluation

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