HCPCS Code Details - G8943

HCPCS Level II Code
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G8943
Description

Long description:
Ldl-c result not present or not within 12 months prior

Short description:
Ldlc not pres w/i 12 mo prir

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, 2013
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 G8942 · Functional outcomes assessment using a standardized tool is documented within the previous 30 days and care plan, based on identified deficiencies is documented within two days of the functional outcome assessment

  • HCPCS G8944 · Ajcc melanoma cancer stage 0 through iic melanoma


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”