G8947 HCPCS Level II Code: One or more neuropsychiatric symptoms
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: 1 or more neuropsych
- 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, 2018
- Terminated: December 31, 2017
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, 2018.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G8947 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)
- 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
- 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 diagnosis date is within 120 days of the end of the 12 month reporting period, patient's cancer has metastasized, medical contraindication/allergy, poor performance status, other medical reasons, patient refusal, other patient reasons, patient is currently enrolled in a clinical trial that precludes prescription of chemotherapy, other system reasons)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8929 — Adjuvant chemotherapy not prescribed or previously received, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8930 — Assessment of depression severity at the initial evaluation[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8931 — Assessment of depression severity not documented, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8932 — Suicide risk assessed at the initial evaluation[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8933 — Suicide risk not assessed at the initial evaluation, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history (2)
- January 1, 2018 — 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, 2018Removed from the code setOne or more neuropsychiatric symptoms
- January 1, 2013Added to the code setOne or more neuropsychiatric symptoms
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8947 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- 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,…
- G8948 — No neuropsychiatric symptoms
- G8949 — Documentation of patient reason(s) for patient not receiving counseling for diet and physical activity (e.g., patient is not willing to discuss diet or exercise interventions to help control blood…
- G8950 — Elevated or hypertensive blood pressure reading documented, and the indicated follow-up is documented
- G8951 — Pre-hypertensive or hypertensive blood pressure reading documented, indicated follow-up not documented, documentation the patient is not eligible
- G8952 — Elevated or hypertensive blood pressure reading documented, indicated follow-up not documented, reason not given