G8818 — Patient discharge to home no later than post-operative day #7
G8818 is a HCPCS Level II code for patient discharge to home no later than post-operative day #7. It belongs to the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section. It was terminated on December 31, 2023 and is not valid on new claims.
This code has been terminated
CMS terminated G8818 on December 31, 2023. 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 G8818
- Long descriptor
- Patient discharge to home no later than post-operative day #7
- Short descriptor
- Pt disch to home by day#7
- Added
- January 1, 2012
- Terminated
- December 31, 2023
- 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 G8818
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G8818 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G8807Trans-abdominal or trans-vaginal ultrasound not performed for reasons documented by clinician (e.g., patient has a documented intrauterine pregnancy [iup])
- G8808Trans-abdominal or trans-vaginal ultrasound not performed, reason not given
- G8809Rh-immunoglobulin (rhogam) orderedterminated
- G8810Rh-immunoglobulin (rhogam) not ordered for reasons documented by clinician (e.g., patient had prior documented receipt of rhogam within 12 weeks, patient refusal)terminated
- G8811Documentation rh-immunoglobulin (rhogam) was not ordered, reason not giventerminated
- G8815Documented reason in the medical records for why the statin therapy was not prescribed (i.e., lower extremity bypass was for a patient with non-artherosclerotic disease)
- G8816Statin medication prescribed at discharge
- G8817Statin therapy not prescribed at discharge, reason not given
- G8825Patient not discharged to home by post-operative day #7terminated
- G8826Patient discharged to home no later than post-operative day #2 following evar
- G8833Patient not discharged to home by post-operative day #2 following evar
- G8834Patient discharged to home no later than post-operative day #2 following cea
- G8838Patient not discharged to home by post-operative day #2 following cea
- G8839Sleep apnea symptoms assessed, including presence or absence of snoring and daytime sleepiness
- G8840Documentation of reason(s) for not documenting an assessment of sleep symptoms (e.g., patient didn't have initial daytime sleepiness, patient visited between initial testing and initiation of therapy)
- G8841Sleep apnea symptoms not assessed, reason not given
Questions about G8818
What is HCPCS code G8818?
G8818 is a HCPCS Level II code for patient discharge to home no later than post-operative day #7. It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G8818?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G8818 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 G8818 still valid?
No. G8818 was terminated on December 31, 2023 and should not be used on new claims.