G8950 HCPCS Level II Code: Elevated or hypertensive blood pressure reading documented, and the indicated follow-up is documented
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Pre-htn or htn doc, f/u indc
- 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, 2022
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.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G8950 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)
- 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
- G8934 — 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
- G8935 — Clinician prescribed angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (arb) therapy[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- 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, renal failure due to ace inhibitor, diseases of the aortic or mitral valve, other medical reasons) or (eg, patient declined, other patient reasons)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history
- January 1, 2013 — Added to the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)
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, 2013Added to the code setElevated or hypertensive blood pressure reading documented, and the indicated follow-up is documented
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8950 in its code family, with their registry titles.
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- G8947 — One or more neuropsychiatric symptoms
- 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…
- 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
- G8953 — All quality actions for the applicable measures in the oncology measures group have been performed for this patient
- G8955 — Most recent assessment of adequacy of volume management documented
- G8956 — Patient receiving maintenance hemodialysis in an outpatient dialysis facility