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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• G8865

  Documentation of medical reason(s) for not administering or previously receiving pneumococcal vaccine (e.g., patient allergic reaction, potential adverse drug reaction)

• G8866

  Documentation of patient reason(s) for not administering or previously receiving pneumococcal vaccine (e.g., patient refusal)

• G8867

  Pneumococcal vaccine not administered or previously received, reason not given

• G8868

  Patients receiving a first course of anti-tnf therapy

• G8869

  Patient has documented immunity to hepatitis b and initiating anti-tnf therapy

• G8870

  Hepatitis b vaccine injection administered or previously received and is receiving a first course of anti-tnf therapy

• G8871

  Patient not receiving a first course of anti-tnf therapy

• G8872

  Excised tissue evaluated by imaging intraoperatively to confirm successful inclusion of targeted lesion

• G8873

  Patients with needle localization specimens which are not amenable to intraoperative imaging such as mri needle wire localization, or targets which are tentatively identified on mammogram or ultrasound which do not contain a biopsy marker but which can be verified on intraoperative inspection or pathology (e.g., needle biopsy site where the biopsy marker is remote from the actual biopsy site)

• G8874

  Excised tissue not evaluated by imaging intraoperatively to confirm successful inclusion of targeted lesion

• G8875

  Clinician diagnosed breast cancer preoperatively by a minimally invasive biopsy method

• G8876

  Documentation of reason(s) for not performing minimally invasive biopsy to diagnose breast cancer preoperatively (e.g., lesion too close to skin, implant, chest wall, etc., lesion could not be adequately visualized for needle biopsy, patient condition prevents needle biopsy [weight, breast thickness, etc.], duct excision without imaging abnormality, prophylactic mastectomy, reduction mammoplasty, excisional biopsy performed by another physician)

• G8877

  Clinician did not attempt to achieve the diagnosis of breast cancer preoperatively by a minimally invasive biopsy method, reason not given

• 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

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