G8709 HCPCS Level II Code: Uri ep compete diag
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Uri ep compete diag
- Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment (CMS coverage code C)
- Payment category: Service not separately priced (pricing indicator 00)
- BETOS: M5B — Specialist - psychiatry
- Last CMS action effective: January 1, 2021
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 G8709 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)
- G8700 — Rehabilitation services (occupational, physical or speech) not indicated at or prior to discharge[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8701 — Rehabilitation services were not ordered, reason not otherwise specified[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8702 — Documentation that prophylactic antibiotics were given within 4 hours prior to surgical incision or intraoperatively[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8703 — Documentation that prophylactic antibiotics were neither given within 4 hours prior to surgical incision nor intraoperatively[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8704 — 12-lead electrocardiogram (ecg) performed[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8705 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ecg)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8706 — Documentation of patient reason(s) for not performing a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ecg)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8707 — 12-lead electrocardiogram (ecg) not performed, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history
- January 1, 2012 — 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, 2012Added to the code setUri episodes when the patient had competing diagnoses on or three days after the episode date (e.g., intestinal infection, pertussis, bacterial infection, lyme disease, otitis media, acute sinusitis, acute pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis, chronic sinusitis, infection of the pharynx/larynx/tonsils/adenoids, prostatitis, cellulitis, mastoiditis, or bone infections, acute lymphadenitis, impetigo, skin staph infections, pneumonia/gonococcal infections, venereal disease (syphilis, chlamydia, inflammatory diseases [female reproductive organs]), infections of the kidney, cystitis or uti, and acne)
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8709 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G8704 — 12-lead electrocardiogram (ecg) performed
- G8705 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ecg)
- G8706 — Documentation of patient reason(s) for not performing a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ecg)
- G8707 — 12-lead electrocardiogram (ecg) not performed, reason not given
- G8708 — Patient not prescribed antibiotic
- G8710 — Patient prescribed antibiotic
- G8711 — Prescribed antibiotic on or within 3 days after the episode date
- G8712 — Antibiotic not prescribed or dispensed
- G8713 — Spkt/v greater than or equal to 1.2 (single-pool clearance of urea [kt] / volume [v])
- G8714 — Hemodialysis treatment performed exactly three times per week for > 90 days