HCPCS Code G8734

Elder maltreatment screen documented as negative, follow-up is not required
Code effective Jan 01, 2023

HCPCS Section
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)

G8734 is a valid 2026 HCPCS code meaning Elder maltreatment screen documented as negative, follow-up is not required or (Doc neg eld req) for short. HCPCS G8734 has been effective since 01/01/2023 and applies to Medical care.

HCPCS Code Details - G8734
HCPCS Level II Code Section G - Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code	`G8734`
Description	Long description: Elder maltreatment screen documented as negative, follow-up is not required Short description: Doc neg eld req
HCPCS Pricing indicator	`00` - Physician Fee Schedule And Non-Physician Practitioners - Service not separately priced by part B (e.g., services not covered, bundled, used by Part A only, etc.)
Multiple pricing indicator	`9` - Not applicable as HCPCS not priced separately by part B or value is not established
Coverage code	`C` - Carrier judgment
BETOS² code	`M5B` - Specialist - psychiatry
HCPCS Action code	`N` - No maintenance for this code
Type of service	`1` - Medical care
Effective date	Effective Jan 01, 2023
Date added	Added Jan 01, 2012

HCPCS G8535 · Elder maltreatment screen not documented; documentation that patient is not eligible for the elder maltreatment screen at the time of the encounter related to one of the following reasons: (1) patient refuses to participate in the screening and has reasonable decisional capacity for self-protection, or (2) patient is in an urgent or emergent situation where time is of the essence and to delay treatment to perform the screening would jeopardize the patient's health status
HCPCS G8733 · Elder maltreatment screen documented as positive and a follow-up plan is documented
HCPCS G8735 · Elder maltreatment screen documented as positive, follow-up plan not documented, reason not given
HCPCS G8941 · Elder maltreatment screen documented as positive, follow-up plan not documented, documentation the patient is not eligible for follow-up plan at the time of the encounter

¹ Two-digit numeric codes are Level I code modifiers copyrighted© by the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT).

² BETOS stands for “Berenson-Eggers Type Of Service”

HCPCS Level II codes and descriptors are approved and maintained jointly by the alpha-numeric editorial panel (consisting of CMS, the Health Insurance Association of America, and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association). — Updated 6/23/2026

HCPCS Code G8734

HCPCS Code Details - G8734

See also

HCPCS G8733 · Elder maltreatment screen documented as positive and a follow-up plan is documented

HCPCS G8735 · Elder maltreatment screen documented as positive, follow-up plan not documented, reason not given

HCPCS G8941 · Elder maltreatment screen documented as positive, follow-up plan not documented, documentation the patient is not eligible for follow-up plan at the time of the encounter