G8756 HCPCS Level II Code: No documentation of blood pressure measurement, reason not given
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: No bp measure doc
- 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, 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 G8756 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)
- 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
- G8730 — Pain assessment documented as positive using a standardized tool and a follow-up plan is documented[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8731 — Pain assessment using a standardized tool is documented as negative, no follow-up plan required[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8732 — No documentation of pain assessment, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8733 — Elder maltreatment screen documented as positive and a follow-up plan is documented[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8734 — Elder maltreatment screen documented as negative, follow-up is not required[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 setNo documentation of blood pressure measurement, reason not given
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8756 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G8751 — Smoking status and exposure to second hand smoke in the home not assessed, reason not given
- 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
- G8757 — All quality actions for the applicable measures in the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) measures group have been performed for this patient
- G8758 — All quality actions for the applicable measures in the inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) measures group have been performed for this patient
- G8759 — All quality actions for the applicable measures in the sleep apnea measures group have been performed for this patient
- G8761 — All quality actions for the applicable measures in the dementia measures group have been performed for this patient
- G8762 — All quality actions for the applicable measures in the parkinson's disease measures group have been performed for this patient