G8959 HCPCS Level II Code: Clinician treating major depressive disorder communicates to clinician treating comorbid condition

Contextual Map

Every relationship of G8959 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)

• 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
• 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 outcome assessment[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• G8943 — Ldl-c result not present or not within 12 months prior[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• G8944 — Ajcc melanoma cancer stage 0 through iic melanoma[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
• and 32 more

Change history (2)

• January 1, 2021 — 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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Nearest Codes in This Family

Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8959 in its code family, with their registry titles.

• 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
• G8957 — Patient not receiving maintenance hemodialysis in an outpatient dialysis facility
• G8958 — Assessment of adequacy of volume management not documented, reason not given
• 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
• G8962 — Cardiac stress imaging test performed on patient for any reason including those who did not have low risk surgery or test that was performed more than 30 days preceding low risk surgery
• G8963 — Cardiac stress imaging performed primarily for monitoring of asymptomatic patient who had pci within 2 years
• G8964 — Cardiac stress imaging test performed primarily for any other reason than monitoring of asymptomatic patient who had pci within 2 years (e.g., symptomatic patient, patient greater than 2 years since…