G8936 — Clinician documented that patient was not an eligible candidate for angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (arb) therapy (eg, allergy, intolerance, pregnancy, renal failure due to ace inhibitor, diseases of the aortic or mitral valve, other medical reasons) or (eg, patient declined, other patient reasons)

Codes adjacent to G8936

HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G8936 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.

• G8928Adjuvant chemotherapy not prescribed or previously received, for documented reasons (e.g., medical co-morbidities, diagnosis date more than 5 years prior to the current visit date, patient's diagnosis date is within 120 days of the end of the 12 month reporting period, patient's cancer has metastasized, medical contraindication/allergy, poor performance status, other medical reasons, patient refusal, other patient reasons, patient is currently enrolled in a clinical trial that precludes prescription of chemotherapy, other system reasons)terminated
• G8929Adjuvant chemotherapy not prescribed or previously received, reason not giventerminated
• G8930Assessment of depression severity at the initial evaluationterminated
• G8931Assessment of depression severity not documented, reason not giventerminated
• G8932Suicide risk assessed at the initial evaluationterminated
• G8933Suicide risk not assessed at the initial evaluation, reason not giventerminated
• G8934Current or prior left ventricular ejection fraction (lvef) <=40% or documentation of moderately or severely depressed left ventricular systolic function
• G8935Clinician prescribed angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (arb) therapy
• G8937Clinician did not prescribe angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (arb) therapy, reason not given
• G8938Bmi is documented as being outside of normal parameters, follow-up plan is not documented, documentation the patient is not eligibleterminated
• G8939Pain assessment documented as positive, follow-up plan not documented, documentation the patient is not eligible at the time of the encounterterminated
• G8940Screening for depression documented as positive, a follow-up plan not completed, documented reasonterminated
• G8941Elder maltreatment screen documented as positive, follow-up plan not documented, documentation the patient is not eligible for follow-up plan at the time of the encounterterminated
• G8942Functional outcome assessment using a standardized tool is documented within the previous 30 days and a care plan, based on identified deficiencies is documented within two days of the functional outcome assessment
• G8943Ldl-c result not present or not within 12 months priorterminated
• G8944Ajcc melanoma cancer stage 0 through iic melanoma

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