G8877 HCPCS Level II Code: Clinician did not attempt to achieve the diagnosis of breast cancer preoperatively by a minimally invasive biopsy method, reason not given

Contextual Map

Every relationship of G8877 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)

• 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]
• G8858 — Referral to a physician for an otologic evaluation not performed, reason not given[Sibling]
• G8859 — Patient receiving corticosteroids greater than or equal to 10mg/day for 60 or greater consecutive days[Sibling]
• G8860 — Patients who have received dose of corticosteroids greater than or equal to 10mg/day for 60 or greater consecutive days[Sibling]
• 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]
• G8862 — Patients not receiving corticosteroids greater than or equal to 10mg/day for 60 or greater consecutive days[Sibling]
• G8863 — Patients not assessed for risk of bone loss, reason not given[Sibling]
• G8864 — Pneumococcal vaccine administered or previously received[Sibling]
• and 32 more

Change history

• January 1, 2012 — Added to the code set [Change history]

Sources for this page

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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

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Nearest Codes in This Family

Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8877 in its code family, with their registry titles.

• 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
• G8876 — Documentation 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…
• 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
• G8882 — Sentinel lymph node biopsy procedure not performed, reason not given