G8718 — Total kt/v greater than or equal to 1.7 per week (total clearance of urea [kt] / volume [v])
G8718 is a HCPCS Level II code for total kt/v greater than or equal to 1.7 per week (total clearance of urea [kt] / volume [v]). It belongs to the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section. It was terminated on December 31, 2015 and is not valid on new claims.
This code has been terminated
CMS terminated G8718 on December 31, 2015. It stays in the file as history — a claim you are auditing from before that date may legitimately carry it — but it must not appear on a new claim. The adjacent codes below are the usual place to look for its replacement.
Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment
Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.
From the coverage field of the CMS Alpha-Numeric HCPCS File, release 2026Q3-Jul. This states Medicare’s position on the code, not on your particular claim.
The CMS record for G8718
- Long descriptor
- Total kt/v greater than or equal to 1.7 per week (total clearance of urea [kt] / volume [v])
- Short descriptor
- Great 1.7 kt/v per week
- Added
- January 1, 2012
- Terminated
- December 31, 2015
- BETOS
- M5B
- Pricing indicator
- 00 — Not priced by Part B
The official wording. This is what the code means.
CMS's 28-character form, which is what shows up on a remittance advice.
When CMS introduced the code.
When CMS retired it.
Berenson-Eggers Type of Service — CMS's own analytic grouping.
Service not separately priced by Part B — not covered, bundled into another service, or used by Part A only.
Codes adjacent to G8718
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G8718 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G8708Patient not prescribed antibiotic
- G8709Uri episodes when the patient had competing diagnoses on or three days after the episode date (e.g., intestinal infection, pertussis, bacterial infection, lyme disease, otitis media, acute sinusitis, acute pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis, chronic sinusitis, infection of the pharynx/larynx/tonsils/adenoids, prostatitis, cellulitis, mastoiditis, or bone infections, acute lymphadenitis, impetigo, skin staph infections, pneumonia/gonococcal infections, venereal disease (syphilis, chlamydia, inflammatory diseases [female reproductive organs]), infections of the kidney, cystitis or uti, and acne)
- G8710Patient prescribed antibiotic
- G8711Prescribed antibiotic on or within 3 days after the episode date
- G8712Antibiotic not prescribed or dispensed
- G8713Spkt/v greater than or equal to 1.2 (single-pool clearance of urea [kt] / volume [v])terminated
- G8714Hemodialysis treatment performed exactly three times per week for > 90 daysterminated
- G8717Spkt/v less than 1.2 (single-pool clearance of urea [kt] / volume [v]), reason not giventerminated
- G8720Total kt/v less than 1.7 per week (total clearance of urea [kt] / volume [v])terminated
- G8721Pt category (primary tumor), pn category (regional lymph nodes), and histologic grade were documented in pathology report
- G8722Documentation of medical reason(s) for not including the pt category, the pn category or the histologic grade in the pathology report (e.g., re-excision without residual tumor; non-carcinomasanal canal)
- G8723Specimen site is other than anatomic location of primary tumor
- G8724Pt category, pn category and histologic grade were not documented in the pathology report, reason not given
- G8725Fasting lipid profile performed (triglycerides, ldl-c, hdl-c and total cholesterol)terminated
- G8726Clinician has documented reason for not performing fasting lipid profile (e.g., patient declined, other patient reasons)terminated
- G8728Fasting lipid profile not performed, reason not giventerminated
Questions about G8718
What is HCPCS code G8718?
G8718 is a HCPCS Level II code for total kt/v greater than or equal to 1.7 per week (total clearance of urea [kt] / volume [v]). It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G8718?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G8718 as "Carrier judgment". Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.
Is G8718 still valid?
No. G8718 was terminated on December 31, 2015 and should not be used on new claims.