G8956 HCPCS Level II Code: Patient receiving maintenance hemodialysis in an outpatient dialysis facility

Contextual Map

Every relationship of G8956 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)

• 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
• G8940 — Screening for depression documented as positive, a follow-up plan not completed, documented reason[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• 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[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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Nearest Codes in This Family

Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8956 in its code family, with their registry titles.

• 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
• 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
• 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
• G8960 — Clinician treating major depressive disorder did not communicate to clinician treating comorbid condition, reason not given
• G8961 — Cardiac stress imaging test primarily performed on low-risk surgery patient for preoperative evaluation within 30 days preceding this surgery