| HCPCS Code: |
G8887 |
| Long Description: |
Documentation of medical reason(s) for most recent blood pressure not being under control (e.g., patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate) |
| Short Description: |
Doc med reas bp not control |
| Pricing Indicator 1: |
00 (Service not separately priced by part B (e.G., services not covered, bundled, used by part a only, etc.)) |
| Multiple Pricing Code: |
9 (Not applicable as HCPCS not priced separately by part B (pricing indicator is 00) or value is not established (pricing indicator is 99)) |
| Statute Number: |
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| Coverage Code: |
C (Carrier judgment) |
| ASC Payment Group Code: |
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| Processing Note Number: |
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| Berenson-Eggers Type of Service (BETOS) Code: |
M5B (Specialist - psychiatry) |
| Type of Service Code 1: |
1 (Medical care) |
| Anesthesia Base Unit Quality: |
0 |
| Code Added: |
01-01-2012 |
| Action Effective Date: |
01-01-2014 |
| Action Code: |
C (Change in long description of procedure or modifier code) |
