G8430 HCPCS Level II Code: Documentation of a medical reason(s) for not documenting, updating, or reviewing the patient's current medications list (e.g., patient is in an acute health crisis where time is of the essence and…
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Doc med rsn no medrec
- Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment (CMS coverage code C)
- Payment category: Service not separately priced (pricing indicator 00)
- BETOS: M5D — Specialist - other
- Last CMS action effective: January 1, 2026
Source: CMS HCPCS Level II release. Coverage codes indicate how Medicare treats the code, not whether a specific claim will be paid; payer policy and documentation still govern.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G8430 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.
Nearest codes (40)
- G8400 — Patient with central dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (dxa) results not documented, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8401 — Clinician documented that patient was not an eligible candidate for screening[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8404 — Lower extremity neurological exam performed and documented[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8405 — Lower extremity neurological exam not performed[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8406 — Clinician documented that patient was not an eligible candidate for lower extremity neurological exam measure[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8410 — Footwear evaluation performed and documented[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8415 — Footwear evaluation was not performed[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8416 — Clinician documented that patient was not an eligible candidate for footwear evaluation measure[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history
- January 1, 2008 — Added to the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)
Sources for this page
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- Code, descriptors, coverage and pricing attributes Official source data
- CMS HCPCS Alpha-Numeric (ANWEB) release — July 2026 quarterly update Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
- Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
- CMS HCPCS quarterly update files, ingested into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
- Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
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Change history
- January 1, 2008Added to the code setDocumentation of a medical reason(s) for not documenting, updating, or reviewing the patient's current medications list (e.g., patient is in an acute health crisis where time is of the essence and delay of treatment would jeopardize the patient's health status)
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8430 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G8420 — Bmi is documented within normal parameters and no follow-up plan is required
- G8421 — Bmi not documented and no reason is given
- G8422 — Bmi not documented, documentation the patient is not eligible for bmi calculation
- G8427 — Eligible clinician attests to documenting in the medical record they obtained, updated, or reviewed the patient's current medications
- G8428 — Current list of medications not documented as obtained, updated, or reviewed by the eligible clinician, reason not given
- G8431 — Screening for depression is documented as being positive and a follow-up plan is documented
- G8432 — Depression screening not documented, reason not given
- G8433 — Screening for depression not completed, documented patient or medical reason
- G8442 — Pain assessment not documented as being performed, documentation the patient is not eligible for a pain assessment using a standardized tool at the time of the encounter
- G8450 — Beta-blocker therapy prescribed