G8857 HCPCS Level II Code: 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)

Contextual Map

Every relationship of G8857 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)

• 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
• G8840 — Documentation of reason(s) for not documenting an assessment of sleep symptoms (e.g., patient didn't have initial daytime sleepiness, patient visited between initial testing and initiation of therapy)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• G8841 — Sleep apnea symptoms not assessed, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• G8842 — Apnea hypopnea index (ahi), respiratory disturbance index (rdi) or respiratory event index (rei) documented or measured within 2 months after initial evaluation for suspected obstructive sleep apnea[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• G8843 — Documentation of reason(s) for not measuring an apnea hypopnea index (ahi), a respiratory disturbance index (rdi), or a respiratory event index (rei) within 2 months after initial evaluation for suspected obstructive sleep apnea (e.g., medical, neurological, or psychiatric disease that prohibits successful completion of a sleep study, patients for whom a sleep study would present a bigger risk than benefit or would pose an undue burden, dementia, patients previously diagnosed with osa and severity assessed by another provider, patients who decline ahi/rdi/rei measurement, patients who had a financial reason for not completing testing, test was ordered but not completed, patients decline because their insurance (payer) does not cover the expense)[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

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Nearest Codes in This Family

Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8857 in its code family, with their registry titles.

• G8852 — Positive airway pressure therapy was prescribed
• G8853 — Positive airway pressure therapy not 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
• G8858 — Referral to a physician for an otologic evaluation not performed, reason not given
• G8859 — Patient receiving corticosteroids greater than or equal to 10mg/day for 60 or greater consecutive days
• G8860 — Patients who have received dose of corticosteroids greater than or equal to 10mg/day for 60 or greater consecutive days
• G8861 — Within the past 2 years, central dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (dxa) ordered and documented, review of systems and medication history or pharmacologic therapy (other than minerals/vitamins) for…
• G8862 — Patients not receiving corticosteroids greater than or equal to 10mg/day for 60 or greater consecutive days