HCPCS codes / G / G8896
G8896
Documentation of medical reason(s) for not prescribing oral aspirin or other antithrombotic 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)
- Code type
- HCPCS Level II
- Coverage
- Carrier judgment
- BETOS category
- M5B
- Pricing indicator
- 00
- Effective date
- 20150101
Verify before billing. Confirm against current official CMS HCPCS files and your payer's rules before clinical or claims use.