G8876 HCPCS Level II Code: Doc reas no min inv dx
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Doc reas no min inv dx
- 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, 2015
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 G8876 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)
- G8856 — Referral to a physician for an otologic evaluation performed[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- 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)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8858 — Referral to a physician for an otologic evaluation not performed, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8859 — Patient receiving corticosteroids greater than or equal to 10mg/day for 60 or greater consecutive days[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8860 — Patients who have received dose of corticosteroids greater than or equal to 10mg/day for 60 or greater consecutive days[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- 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 osteoporosis prescribed[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8862 — Patients not receiving corticosteroids greater than or equal to 10mg/day for 60 or greater consecutive days[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8863 — Patients not assessed for risk of bone loss, 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
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Change history
- January 1, 2012Added to the code setDocumentation of reason(s) for not performing minimally invasive biopsy to diagnose breast cancer preoperatively (e.g., lesion too close to skin, implant, chest wall, etc., lesion could not be adequately visualized for needle biopsy, patient condition prevents needle biopsy [weight, breast thickness, etc.], duct excision without imaging abnormality, prophylactic mastectomy, reduction mammoplasty, excisional biopsy performed by another physician)
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8876 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G8871 — Patient not receiving a first course of anti-tnf therapy
- G8872 — Excised tissue evaluated by imaging intraoperatively to confirm successful inclusion of targeted lesion
- G8873 — Patients with needle localization specimens which are not amenable to intraoperative imaging such as mri needle wire localization, or targets which are tentatively identified on mammogram or…
- G8874 — Excised tissue not evaluated by imaging intraoperatively to confirm successful inclusion of targeted lesion
- G8875 — Clinician diagnosed breast cancer preoperatively by a minimally invasive biopsy method
- G8877 — Clinician did not attempt to achieve the diagnosis of breast cancer preoperatively by a minimally invasive biopsy method, reason not given
- G8878 — Sentinel lymph node biopsy procedure performed
- G8879 — Clinically node negative (t1n0m0 or t2n0m0) invasive breast cancer
- G8880 — Documentation of reason(s) sentinel lymph node biopsy not performed (e.g., reasons could include but not limited to; non-invasive cancer, incidental discovery of breast cancer on prophylactic…
- G8881 — Stage of breast cancer is greater than t1n0m0 or t2n0m0