HCPCS Code Details - G8598

HCPCS Level II Code
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G8598
Description

Long description:
Aspirin or another antiplatelet therapy used

Short description:
Asa/antiplat ther used

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, 2017
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 G8597 · Most recent ldl-c >= 100 mg/dl

  • HCPCS G8599 · Aspirin or another antiplatelet therapy not used, reason not given

  • HCPCS M1055 · Aspirin or another antiplatelet therapy used

  • HCPCS M1057 · Aspirin or another antiplatelet therapy not used, 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”