G8482 HCPCS Level II Code: Influenza immunization administered or previously received
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Flu immunize order/admin
- 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, 2025
- Terminated: December 31, 2024
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, 2025.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G8482 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)
- G8420 — Bmi is documented within normal parameters and no follow-up plan is required[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8421 — Bmi not documented and no reason is given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8422 — Bmi not documented, documentation the patient is not eligible for bmi calculation[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8427 — Eligible clinician attests to documenting in the medical record they obtained, updated, or reviewed the patient's current medications[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8428 — Current list of medications not documented as obtained, updated, or reviewed by the eligible clinician, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- 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 delay of treatment would jeopardize the patient's health status)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8431 — Screening for depression is documented as being positive and a follow-up plan is documented[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8432 — Depression screening not documented, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history (2)
- January 1, 2025 — Removed from the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)
- and 1 more
Sources for this page
Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.
- 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, 2025Removed from the code setInfluenza immunization administered or previously received
- January 1, 2008Added to the code setInfluenza immunization administered or previously received
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8482 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G8474 — Angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (arb) therapy not prescribed for reasons documented by the clinician (e.g., allergy, intolerance, pregnancy, renal…
- G8475 — Angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (arb) therapy not prescribed, reason not given
- G8476 — Most recent blood pressure has a systolic measurement of < 140 mmhg and a diastolic measurement of < 90 mmhg
- G8477 — Most recent blood pressure has a systolic measurement of >= 140 mmhg and/or a diastolic measurement of >= 90 mmhg
- G8478 — Blood pressure measurement not performed or documented, reason not given
- G8483 — Influenza immunization was not administered for reasons documented by clinician (e.g., patient allergy or other medical reasons, patient declined or other patient reasons, vaccine not available or…
- G8484 — Influenza immunization was not administered, reason not given
- G8485 — I intend to report the diabetes mellitus (dm) measures group
- G8486 — I intend to report the preventive care measures group
- G8487 — I intend to report the chronic kidney disease (ckd) measures group