G8953 HCPCS Level II Code: All quality actions for the applicable measures in the oncology measures group have been performed for this patient
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Oncology mg qual act perform
- 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 G8953 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)
- 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
- G8937 — Clinician did not prescribe angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (arb) therapy, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8938 — Bmi is documented as being outside of normal parameters, follow-up plan is not documented, documentation the patient is not eligible[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8939 — Pain assessment documented as positive, follow-up plan not documented, documentation the patient is not eligible at the time of the encounter[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 setAll quality actions for the applicable measures in the oncology measures group have been performed for this patient
- January 1, 2013Added to the code setAll quality actions for the applicable measures in the oncology measures group have been performed for this patient
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8953 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- 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
- G8955 — Most recent assessment of adequacy of volume management documented
- G8956 — Patient receiving maintenance hemodialysis in an outpatient dialysis facility
- G8957 — Patient not receiving maintenance hemodialysis in an outpatient dialysis facility
- G8958 — Assessment of adequacy of volume management not documented, reason not given
- G8959 — Clinician treating major depressive disorder communicates to clinician treating comorbid condition