G8770 HCPCS Level II Code: Urine protein test result documented and reviewed
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Urine protein test doc rev
- 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 G8770 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)
- G8736 — Most current ldl-c <100mg/dl[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8737 — Most current ldl-c >=100mg/dl[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8738 — Left ventricular ejection fraction (lvef) < 40% or documentation of severely or moderately depressed left ventricular systolic function[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8739 — Left ventricular ejection fraction (lvef) >= 40% or documentation as normal or mildly depressed left ventricular systolic function[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8740 — Left ventricular ejection fraction (lvef) not performed or assessed, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- 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, pain, paresthesia, or any other symptom suggesting the possibility of systemic spread of melanoma)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8751 — Smoking status and exposure to second hand smoke in the home not assessed, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8752 — Most recent systolic blood pressure < 140 mmhg[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 setUrine protein test result documented and reviewed
- January 1, 2012Added to the code setUrine protein test result documented and reviewed
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8770 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G8764 — All quality actions for the applicable measures in the cardiovascular prevention measures group have bee performed for this patient
- G8765 — All quality actions for the applicable measures in the cataract measures group have been performed for this patient
- G8767 — Lipid panel results documented and reviewed (must include total cholesterol, hdl-c, triglycerides and calculated ldl-c)
- G8768 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing lipid profile (e.g., patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically…
- G8769 — Lipid profile not performed, reason not given
- G8771 — Documentation of diagnosis of chronic kidney disease
- G8772 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing urine protein test (e.g., patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not cllinically…
- G8773 — Urine protein test was not performed, reason not given
- G8774 — Serum creatinine test result documented and reviewed
- G8775 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing serum creatinine test (e.g., patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically…