G8890 HCPCS Level II Code: Most recent LDL-c under control, results documented and reviewed
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Ldl-c under control
- 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
- Terminated: December 31, 2014
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, 2015.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G8890 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)
- 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
- G8864 — Pneumococcal vaccine administered or previously received[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8865 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not administering or previously receiving pneumococcal vaccine (e.g., patient allergic reaction, potential adverse drug reaction)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8866 — Documentation of patient reason(s) for not administering or previously receiving pneumococcal vaccine (e.g., patient refusal)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history (2)
- January 1, 2015 — 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, 2015Removed from the code setMost recent ldl-c under control, results documented and reviewed
- January 1, 2012Added to the code setMost recent ldl-c under control, results documented and reviewed
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8890 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G8885 — Biopsy results not reviewed, communicated, tracked or documented
- G8886 — Most recent blood pressure under control
- G8887 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for most recent blood pressure not being under control (e.g., patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is…
- G8888 — Most recent blood pressure not under control, results documented and reviewed
- G8889 — No documentation of blood pressure measurement, reason not given
- G8891 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for most recent ldl-c not under control (e.g., patients with palliative goals for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically…
- G8892 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing ldl-c test (e.g. patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate)
- G8893 — Most recent ldl-c not under control, results documented and reviewed
- G8894 — Ldl-c not performed, reason not given
- G8895 — Oral aspirin or other antithrombotic therapy prescribed