G8751 HCPCS Level II Code: Smoking status and exposure to second hand smoke in the home not assessed, reason not given
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Smkg status not assess
- 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, 2015
- Terminated: December 31, 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.
Code Set: Removed from the code set — not valid on or after January 1, 2015.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G8751 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)
- G8720 — Total kt/v less than 1.7 per week (total clearance of urea [kt] / volume [v])[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8721 — Pt category (primary tumor), pn category (regional lymph nodes), and histologic grade were documented in pathology report[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8722 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not including the pt category, the pn category or the histologic grade in the pathology report (e.g., re-excision without residual tumor; non-carcinomasanal canal)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8723 — Specimen site is other than anatomic location of primary tumor[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8724 — Pt category, pn category and histologic grade were not documented in the pathology report, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8725 — Fasting lipid profile performed (triglycerides, ldl-c, hdl-c and total cholesterol)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8726 — Clinician has documented reason for not performing fasting lipid profile (e.g., patient declined, other patient reasons)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8728 — Fasting lipid profile not performed, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history (2)
- January 1, 2015 — 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
- Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
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Change history
- January 1, 2015Removed from the code setSmoking status and exposure to second hand smoke in the home not assessed, reason not given
- January 1, 2012Added to the code setSmoking status and exposure to second hand smoke in the home not assessed, reason not given
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8751 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- 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
- G8739 — Left ventricular ejection fraction (lvef) >= 40% or documentation as normal or mildly depressed left ventricular systolic function
- G8740 — Left ventricular ejection fraction (lvef) not performed or assessed, reason not given
- G8749 — Absence of signs of melanoma (tenderness, jaundice, localized neurologic signs such as weakness, or any other sign suggesting systemic spread) or absence of symptoms of melanoma (cough, dyspnea,…
- G8752 — Most recent systolic blood pressure < 140 mmhg
- G8753 — Most recent systolic blood pressure >= 140 mmhg
- G8754 — Most recent diastolic blood pressure < 90 mmhg
- G8755 — Most recent diastolic blood pressure >= 90 mmhg
- G8756 — No documentation of blood pressure measurement, reason not given