G8733 HCPCS Level II Code: Elder maltreatment screen documented as positive and a follow-up plan is documented
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Doc pos elder mal scrn plan
- 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, 2014
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 G8733 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)
- G8708 — Patient not prescribed antibiotic[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8709 — Uri 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)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8710 — Patient prescribed antibiotic[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8711 — Prescribed antibiotic on or within 3 days after the episode date[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8712 — Antibiotic not prescribed or dispensed[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8713 — Spkt/v greater than or equal to 1.2 (single-pool clearance of urea [kt] / volume [v])[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8714 — Hemodialysis treatment performed exactly three times per week for > 90 days[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8717 — Spkt/v less than 1.2 (single-pool clearance of urea [kt] / volume [v]), 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
- Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
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Change history
- January 1, 2012Added to the code setElder maltreatment screen documented as positive and a follow-up plan is documented
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8733 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G8726 — Clinician has documented reason for not performing fasting lipid profile (e.g., patient declined, other patient reasons)
- G8728 — Fasting lipid profile not performed, reason not given
- G8730 — Pain assessment documented as positive using a standardized tool and a follow-up plan is documented
- G8731 — Pain assessment using a standardized tool is documented as negative, no follow-up plan required
- G8732 — No documentation of pain assessment, reason not given
- G8734 — Elder maltreatment screen documented as negative, follow-up is not required
- G8735 — Elder maltreatment screen documented as positive, follow-up plan not documented, reason not given
- G8736 — Most current ldl-c <100mg/dl
- G8737 — Most current ldl-c >=100mg/dl
- G8738 — Left ventricular ejection fraction (lvef) < 40% or documentation of severely or moderately depressed left ventricular systolic function