G8785 HCPCS Level II Code: Blood pressure reading not documented, reason not given
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Bp scrn no perf at interval
- 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 G8785 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]
- G8737 — Most current ldl-c >=100mg/dl[Sibling]
- G8738 — Left ventricular ejection fraction (lvef) < 40% or documentation of severely or moderately depressed left ventricular systolic function[Sibling]
- G8739 — Left ventricular ejection fraction (lvef) >= 40% or documentation as normal or mildly depressed left ventricular systolic function[Sibling]
- G8740 — Left ventricular ejection fraction (lvef) not performed or assessed, reason not given[Sibling]
- 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]
- G8751 — Smoking status and exposure to second hand smoke in the home not assessed, reason not given[Sibling]
- G8752 — Most recent systolic blood pressure < 140 mmhg[Sibling]
- and 32 more
Change history
- January 1, 2012 — Added to the code set [Change history]
Sources for this page
Every coding fact on this page is read from the datasets below. Nothing is AI-generated; MedCoder-derived relationships and editorial are labelled where they appear.
- Code, descriptors, coverage and pricing attributes
- CMS HCPCS Alpha-Numeric (ANWEB) release — July 2026 quarterly update
- Change history and date-of-service validity
- CMS HCPCS quarterly update files, ingested into the change ledger
- Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder-derived
- Derived by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Change history
- January 1, 2012Added to the code setBlood pressure reading not documented, reason not given
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8785 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
- G8784 — Patient not eligible (e.g., documentation the patient is not eligible due to active diagnosis of hypertension, patient refuses, urgent or emergent situation)
- G8797 — Specimen site other than anatomic location of esophagus
- G8798 — Specimen site other than anatomic location of prostate