HCPCS Code Details - G8685

HCPCS Level II Code
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G8685
Description

Long description:
Lvf testing not documented as being performed prior to discharge or in the previous 12 months, reason not given

Short description:
Lvf test not perf

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 M5B - Specialist - psychiatry
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service 1 - Medical care
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 2015
Date added Added Jan 01, 2011
Termination date Dec 31, 2014
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 G8683 · Lvf testing not performed prior to discharge or in the previous 12 months for a medical or patient documented reason

  • HCPCS G8694 · Left ventricular ejection fraction (lvef) < = 40% or documentation of moderate or severe lvsd


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”