G8784 HCPCS Level II Code: Patient not eligible (e.g., documentation the patient is not eligible due to active diagnosis of hypertension, patient refuses, urgent or emergent situation)
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Pt no elig for bp 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, 2017
- Terminated: December 31, 2016
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, 2017.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G8784 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, 2017 — 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, 2017Removed from the code setPatient not eligible (e.g., documentation the patient is not eligible due to active diagnosis of hypertension, patient refuses, urgent or emergent situation)
- January 1, 2012Added to the code setPatient not eligible (e.g., documentation the patient is not eligible due to active diagnosis of hypertension, patient refuses, urgent or emergent situation)
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8784 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G8777 — Diabetes screening test performed
- G8778 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing diabetes screening test (e.g., patients with a diagnosis of diabetes, or with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with…
- G8779 — Diabetes screening test not performed, reason not given
- G8780 — Counseling for diet and physical activity performed
- G8781 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for patient not receiving counseling for diet and physical activity (e.g., patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard…
- G8782 — Counseling for diet and physical activity not performed, reason not given
- G8783 — Normal blood pressure reading documented, follow-up not required
- G8785 — Blood pressure reading not documented, reason not given
- G8797 — Specimen site other than anatomic location of esophagus
- G8798 — Specimen site other than anatomic location of prostate