G8940 HCPCS Level II Code: Screening for depression documented as positive, a follow-up plan not completed, documented reason
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Scr dep pos, no plan done
- 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 G8940 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)
- G8916 — Patient with preoperative order for iv antibiotic surgical site infection (ssi) prophylaxis, antibiotic initiated on time[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8917 — Patient with preoperative order for iv antibiotic surgical site infection (ssi) prophylaxis, antibiotic not initiated on time[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8918 — Patient without preoperative order for iv antibiotic surgical site infection (ssi) prophylaxis[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8923 — Current or prior left ventricular ejection fraction (lvef) <= 40% or documentation of moderately or severely depressed left ventricular systolic function[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8924 — Spirometry results documented (fev1/fvc < 70%)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8925 — Spirometry test results demonstrate fev1 >= 60% fev1/fvc >= 70%, predicted or patient does not have copd symptoms[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8926 — Spirometry test not performed or documented, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8927 — Adjuvant chemotherapy referred, prescribed or previously received for ajcc stage iii, colon cancer[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
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Change history
- January 1, 2017Removed from the code setScreening for depression documented as positive, a follow-up plan not completed, documented reason
- January 1, 2013Added to the code setScreening for depression documented as positive, a follow-up plan not completed, documented reason
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8940 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G8935 — Clinician prescribed angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (arb) therapy
- G8936 — Clinician documented that patient was not an eligible candidate for angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (arb) therapy (eg, allergy, intolerance, pregnancy,…
- G8937 — Clinician did not prescribe angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (arb) therapy, reason not given
- G8938 — Bmi is documented as being outside of normal parameters, follow-up plan is not documented, documentation the patient is not eligible
- G8939 — Pain assessment documented as positive, follow-up plan not documented, documentation the patient is not eligible at the time of the encounter
- G8941 — Elder maltreatment screen documented as positive, follow-up plan not documented, documentation the patient is not eligible for follow-up plan at the time of the encounter
- G8942 — Functional outcome assessment using a standardized tool is documented within the previous 30 days and a care plan, based on identified deficiencies is documented within two days of the functional…
- G8943 — Ldl-c result not present or not within 12 months prior
- G8944 — Ajcc melanoma cancer stage 0 through iic melanoma
- G8946 — Minimally invasive biopsy method attempted but not diagnostic of breast cancer (e.g., high risk lesion of breast such as atypical ductal hyperplasia, lobular neoplasia, atypical lobular hyperplasia,…