G8808 HCPCS Level II Code: Trans-abdominal or trans-vaginal ultrasound not performed, reason not given
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Ultrasound not perf, rng
- 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, 2018
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 G8808 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)
- G8806 — Performance of trans-abdominal or trans-vaginal ultrasound and pregnancy location documented[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8807 — Trans-abdominal or trans-vaginal ultrasound not performed for reasons documented by clinician (e.g., patient has a documented intrauterine pregnancy [iup])[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8809 — Rh-immunoglobulin (rhogam) ordered[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8810 — Rh-immunoglobulin (rhogam) not ordered for reasons documented by clinician (e.g., patient had prior documented receipt of rhogam within 12 weeks, patient refusal)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8811 — Documentation rh-immunoglobulin (rhogam) was not ordered, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8815 — Documented reason in the medical records for why the statin therapy was not prescribed (i.e., lower extremity bypass was for a patient with non-artherosclerotic disease)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8816 — Statin medication prescribed at discharge[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8817 — Statin therapy not prescribed at discharge, reason not given[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
- Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
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Change history
- January 1, 2012Added to the code setTrans-abdominal or trans-vaginal ultrasound not performed, reason not given
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8808 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G8806 — Performance of trans-abdominal or trans-vaginal ultrasound and pregnancy location documented
- G8807 — Trans-abdominal or trans-vaginal ultrasound not performed for reasons documented by clinician (e.g., patient has a documented intrauterine pregnancy [iup])
- G8809 — Rh-immunoglobulin (rhogam) ordered
- G8810 — Rh-immunoglobulin (rhogam) not ordered for reasons documented by clinician (e.g., patient had prior documented receipt of rhogam within 12 weeks, patient refusal)
- G8811 — Documentation rh-immunoglobulin (rhogam) was not ordered, reason not given
- G8815 — Documented reason in the medical records for why the statin therapy was not prescribed (i.e., lower extremity bypass was for a patient with non-artherosclerotic disease)
- G8816 — Statin medication prescribed at discharge
- G8817 — Statin therapy not prescribed at discharge, reason not given
- G8818 — Patient discharge to home no later than post-operative day #7
- G8825 — Patient not discharged to home by post-operative day #7