| HCPCS Code: |
G8896 |
| Long Description: |
Documentation of medical reason(s) for not prescribing oral aspirin or other antthrombotic therapy (e.g., patient documented to be low risk or patient with terminal illness or treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate, or for whom risk of aspirin or other antithrombotic therapy exceeds potential benefits such as for individuals whose blood pressure is poorly controlled) |
| Short Description: |
Doc med reas no antihtrom |
| 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: |
01-01-2013 |
| Action Code: |
N (No maintenance for this code) |
