G8442 HCPCS Level II Code: 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
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Doc pain as nt perf, not elg
- 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, 2021
- Terminated: December 31, 2020
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.
Code Set: Removed from the code set — not valid on or after January 1, 2021.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G8442 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 (2)
- January 1, 2021 — Removed from the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)
- and 1 more
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
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Change history
- January 1, 2021Removed from the code setPain 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
- January 1, 2008Added to the code setPain 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
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8442 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G8428 — Current list of medications not documented as obtained, updated, or reviewed by the eligible clinician, reason not given
- G8430 — 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…
- 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
- G8450 — Beta-blocker therapy prescribed
- G8451 — Beta-blocker therapy for lvef <=40% not prescribed for reasons documented by the clinician (e.g., low blood pressure, fluid overload, asthma, patients recently treated with an intravenous positive…
- G8452 — Beta-blocker therapy not prescribed
- G8458 — Clinician documented that patient is not an eligible candidate for genotype testing; patient not receiving antiviral treatment for hepatitis c during the measurement period (e.g. genotype test done…
- G8460 — Clinician documented that patient is not an eligible candidate for quantitative rna testing at week 12; patient not receiving antiviral treatment for hepatitis c