HCPCS Code M1208

Patient is not screened for food insecurity, housing instability, transportation needs, utility difficulties, and interpersonal safety
Code effective Jan 01, 2024

HCPCS Section
Medical services

M1208 is a valid 2026 HCPCS code meaning Patient is not screened for food insecurity, housing instability, transportation needs, utility difficulties, and interpersonal safety or (Pt no scrn sdoh) for short. HCPCS M1208 has been effective since 01/01/2024 and applies to Medical care.

HCPCS Code Details - M1208
HCPCS Level II Code Section M - Medical services
HCPCS Code	`M1208`
Description	Long description: Patient is not screened for food insecurity, housing instability, transportation needs, utility difficulties, and interpersonal safety Short description: Pt no scrn sdoh
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	`Z2` - Undefined codes
HCPCS Action code	`N` - No maintenance for this code
Type of service	`1` - Medical care
Effective date	Effective Jan 01, 2024
Date added	Added Jan 01, 2023

HCPCS M1207 · Patient is screened for food insecurity, housing instability, transportation needs, utility difficulties, and interpersonal safety
HCPCS G8561 · Patient is not eligible for the referral for otologic evaluation for patients with a history of active drainage measure
HCPCS G8566 · Patient is not eligible for the "referral for otologic evaluation for sudden or rapidly progressive hearing loss" measure
HCPCS G8857 · Patient is not eligible for the referral for otologic evaluation measure (e.g., patients who are already under the care of a physician for acute or chronic dizziness)
HCPCS G9719 · Patient is not ambulatory, bed ridden, immobile, confined to chair, wheelchair bound, dependent on helper pushing wheelchair, independent in wheelchair or minimal help in wheelchair
HCPCS G9795 · Patient is not currently on a daily aspirin or other antiplatelet
HCPCS G9797 · Patient is not on a high intensity statin therapy
HCPCS M1209 · At least two orders for high-risk medications from the same drug class, (table 4), without appropriate diagnoses

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”

HCPCS Level II codes and descriptors are approved and maintained jointly by the alpha-numeric editorial panel (consisting of CMS, the Health Insurance Association of America, and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association). — Updated 6/23/2026

HCPCS Code M1208

HCPCS Code Details - M1208

See also

HCPCS M1207 · Patient is screened for food insecurity, housing instability, transportation needs, utility difficulties, and interpersonal safety

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

HCPCS G8566 · Patient is not eligible for the "referral for otologic evaluation for sudden or rapidly progressive hearing loss" measure

HCPCS G8857 · Patient is not eligible for the referral for otologic evaluation measure (e.g., patients who are already under the care of a physician for acute or chronic dizziness)

HCPCS G9719 · Patient is not ambulatory, bed ridden, immobile, confined to chair, wheelchair bound, dependent on helper pushing wheelchair, independent in wheelchair or minimal help in wheelchair

HCPCS G9795 · Patient is not currently on a daily aspirin or other antiplatelet

HCPCS G9797 · Patient is not on a high intensity statin therapy

HCPCS M1209 · At least two orders for high-risk medications from the same drug class, (table 4), without appropriate diagnoses