HCPCS Code G8562

Patient does not have a history of active drainage from the ear within the previous 90 days

Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)

G8562 is a valid 2025 HCPCS code for Patient does not have a history of active drainage from the ear within the previous 90 days or just “Pt no hx act drain 90 d” for short, used in Medical care.

HCPCS Code Details - G8562

HCPCS Level II Code
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G8562
Description

Long description:
Patient does not have a history of active drainage from the ear within the previous 90 days

Short description:
Pt no hx act drain 90 d

HCPCS Modifier1
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 M5D - Specialist - other
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service 1 - Medical care
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 2010
Date added Added Jan 01, 2010
HCPCS Coding Procedures

HCPCS Modifiers

In HCPCS Level II, modifiers are composed of two alpha or alphanumeric characters.

Example: E0260-NU - Hospital bed, semi-electric (head and foot adjustment), with any type side rails, with mattress
“NU” identifies the hospital bed as new equipment

See also

  • HCPCS G8561 · Patient is not eligible for the referral for otologic evaluation for patients with a history of active drainage measure

  • HCPCS G2184 · Patient does not have a caregiver

  • HCPCS G8567 · Patient does not have verification and documentation of sudden or rapidly progressive hearing loss

  • HCPCS G9392 · Patient does not achieve refraction +-1 d for the eye that underwent cataract surgery, measured at the one month follow up visit

  • HCPCS G9520 · Patient does not achieve final refraction (spherical equivalent) +/- 1.0 diopters of their planned refraction within 90 days of surgery

  • HCPCS M1233 · Patient does not receive hcv antibody test or patient does receive hcv antibody test but results not documented, reason not given

  • HCPCS G8563 · Patient not referred to a physician (preferably a physician with training in disorders of the ear) for an otologic evaluation, reason not given

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”