G8929 HCPCS Level II Code: Adjuvant chemotherapy not prescribed or previously received, reason not given
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Adj cmo not pres rsn not gvn
- 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 G8929 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)
- G8905 — I intend to report the cardiovascular prevention measures group[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8906 — I intend to report the cataract measures group[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8907 — Patient documented not to have experienced any of the following events: a burn prior to discharge; a fall within the facility; wrong site/side/patient/procedure/implant event; or a hospital transfer or hospital admission upon discharge from the facility[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8908 — Patient documented to have received a burn prior to discharge[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8909 — Patient documented not to have received a burn prior to discharge[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8910 — Patient documented to have experienced a fall within asc[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8911 — Patient documented not to have experienced a fall within ambulatory surgical center[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8912 — Patient documented to have experienced a wrong site, wrong side, wrong patient, wrong procedure or wrong implant event[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 setAdjuvant chemotherapy not prescribed or previously received, reason not given
- January 1, 2013Added to the code setAdjuvant chemotherapy not prescribed or previously received, reason not given
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8929 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G8924 — Spirometry results documented (fev1/fvc < 70%)
- G8925 — Spirometry test results demonstrate fev1 >= 60% fev1/fvc >= 70%, predicted or patient does not have copd symptoms
- G8926 — Spirometry test not performed or documented, reason not given
- G8927 — Adjuvant chemotherapy referred, prescribed or previously received for ajcc stage iii, colon cancer
- G8928 — Adjuvant chemotherapy not prescribed or previously received, for documented reasons (e.g., medical co-morbidities, diagnosis date more than 5 years prior to the current visit date, patient's…
- G8930 — Assessment of depression severity at the initial evaluation
- G8931 — Assessment of depression severity not documented, reason not given
- G8932 — Suicide risk assessed at the initial evaluation
- G8933 — Suicide risk not assessed at the initial evaluation, reason not given
- G8934 — Current or prior left ventricular ejection fraction (lvef) <=40% or documentation of moderately or severely depressed left ventricular systolic function