G8963 HCPCS Level II Code: Cardiac stress imaging performed primarily for monitoring of asymptomatic patient who had pci within 2 years
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Csi per asx pt w/pci 2 yrs
- 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, 2024
- Terminated: December 31, 2023
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, 2024.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G8963 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)
- 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
- 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, lobular carcinoma in situ, atypical columnar hyperplasia, flat epithelial atypia, radial scar, complex sclerosing lesion, papillary lesion, or any lesion with spindle cells)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8947 — One or more neuropsychiatric symptoms[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8948 — No neuropsychiatric symptoms[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- 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 pressure, or the patient said he/she refused to make these changes)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history (2)
- January 1, 2024 — Removed from the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)
- and 1 more
Sources for this page
Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.
- 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, 2024Removed from the code setCardiac stress imaging performed primarily for monitoring of asymptomatic patient who had pci within 2 years
- January 1, 2013Added to the code setCardiac stress imaging performed primarily for monitoring of asymptomatic patient who had pci within 2 years
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8963 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- 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
- 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
- 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…
- G8965 — Cardiac stress imaging test primarily performed on low chd risk patient for initial detection and risk assessment
- G8966 — Cardiac stress imaging test performed on symptomatic or higher than low chd risk patient or for any reason other than initial detection and risk assessment
- G8967 — Fda approved oral anticoagulant is prescribed
- G8968 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not prescribing an fda-approved anticoagulant (e.g., present or planned atrial appendage occlusion or ligation or patient being currently enrolled in a clinical…