G8536 HCPCS Level II Code: No documentation of an elder maltreatment screen, reason not given
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: No doc elder mal scrn
- 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, 2013
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 G8536 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)
- G8500 — All quality actions for the applicable measures in the hiv/aids measures group have been performed for this patient[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8501 — All quality actions for the applicable measures in the perioperative care measures group have been performed for this patient[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8502 — All quality actions for the applicable measures in the back pain measures group have been performed for this patient[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8506 — Patient receiving angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (arb) therapy[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8509 — Pain assessment documented as positive using a standardized tool, follow-up plan not documented, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8510 — Screening for depression is documented as negative, a follow-up plan is not required[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8511 — Screening for depression documented as positive, follow-up plan not documented, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8530 — Autogenous av fistula received[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history
- January 1, 2009 — 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
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Change history
- January 1, 2009Added to the code setNo documentation of an elder maltreatment screen, reason not given
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8536 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G8511 — Screening for depression documented as positive, follow-up plan not documented, reason not given
- G8530 — Autogenous av fistula received
- G8531 — Clinician documented that patient was not an eligible candidate for autogenous av fistula
- G8532 — Clinician documented that patient received vascular access other than autogenous av fistula, reason not given
- G8535 — Elder maltreatment screen not documented; documentation that patient is not eligible for the elder maltreatment screen at the time of the encounter related to one of the following reasons: (1)…
- G8539 — Functional outcome assessment documented as positive using a standardized tool and a care plan based on identified deficiencies is documented within two days of the functional outcome assessment
- G8540 — Functional outcome assessment not documented as being performed, documentation the patient is not eligible for a functional outcome assessment using a standardized tool at the time of the encounter
- G8541 — Functional outcome assessment using a standardized tool not documented, reason not given
- G8542 — Functional outcome assessment using a standardized tool is documented; no functional deficiencies identified, care plan not required
- G8543 — Documentation of a positive functional outcome assessment using a standardized tool; care plan not documented within two days of assessment, reason not given