G8853 HCPCS Level II Code: Positive airway pressure therapy not prescribed
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Pos air press not prescribe
- 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 G8853 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)
- G8817 — Statin therapy not prescribed at discharge, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8818 — Patient discharge to home no later than post-operative day #7[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8825 — Patient not discharged to home by post-operative day #7[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8826 — Patient discharged to home no later than post-operative day #2 following evar[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8833 — Patient not discharged to home by post-operative day #2 following evar[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8834 — Patient discharged to home no later than post-operative day #2 following cea[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8838 — Patient not discharged to home by post-operative day #2 following cea[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8839 — Sleep apnea symptoms assessed, including presence or absence of snoring and daytime sleepiness[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 setPositive airway pressure therapy not prescribed
- January 1, 2012Added to the code setPositive airway pressure therapy not prescribed
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8853 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G8848 — Mild obstructive sleep apnea (apnea hypopnea index (ahi) or respiratory disturbance index (rdi) of less than 15)
- G8849 — Documentation of reason(s) for not prescribing positive airway pressure therapy (e.g., patient unable to tolerate, alternative therapies use, patient declined, financial, insurance coverage)
- G8850 — Positive airway pressure therapy not prescribed, reason not given
- G8851 — Adherence to therapy was assessed at least annually through an objective informatics system or through self-reporting (if objective reporting is not available, documented)
- G8852 — Positive airway pressure therapy was prescribed
- G8854 — Documentation of reason(s) for not objectively reporting adherence to evidence-based therapy (e.g., patients who have been diagnosed with a terminal or advanced disease with an expected life span of…
- G8855 — Adherence to therapy was not assessed at least annually through an objective informatics system or through self-reporting (if objective reporting is not available), reason not given
- G8856 — Referral to a physician for an otologic evaluation performed
- G8857 — Patient is not eligible for the referral for otologic evaluation measure (e.g., patients who are already under the care of a physician for acute or chronic dizziness)
- G8858 — Referral to a physician for an otologic evaluation not performed, reason not given