HCPCS Code G8726
Clinician has documented reason for not performing fasting lipid profile (e.g., patient declined, other patient reasons)
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
G8726 is a valid 2023 HCPCS code for Clinician has documented reason for not performing fasting lipid profile (e.g., patient declined, other patient reasons) or just “Doc reas no lipid profile” for short, used in Medical care.
| HCPCS Level II Code Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes) |
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| HCPCS Code | G8726 |
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| Description |
Long description:
Short description: |
| 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.)
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| Multiple pricing indicator |
9 - Not applicable as HCPCS not priced separately by part B or value is not established
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| 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, 2017 |
| Date added | Added Jan 01, 2012 |
| Termination date | Dec 31, 2016 |
| 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
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HCPCS G8725 · Fasting lipid profile performed (triglycerides, ldl-c, hdl-c and total cholesterol)
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HCPCS G8728 · Fasting lipid profile not performed, 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”
