G8973 HCPCS Level II Code: Most recent hemoglobin (hgb) level < 10 g/dl
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Mst rcnt hbb < 10g/dl
- 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, 2021
- Terminated: December 31, 2020
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, 2021.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G8973 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)
- G8952 — Elevated or hypertensive blood pressure reading documented, indicated follow-up not documented, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8953 — All quality actions for the applicable measures in the oncology measures group have been performed for this patient[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8955 — Most recent assessment of adequacy of volume management documented[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8956 — Patient receiving maintenance hemodialysis in an outpatient dialysis facility[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8957 — Patient not receiving maintenance hemodialysis in an outpatient dialysis facility[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8958 — Assessment of adequacy of volume management not documented, reason not given[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8959 — Clinician treating major depressive disorder communicates to clinician treating comorbid condition[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8960 — Clinician treating major depressive disorder did not communicate to clinician treating comorbid condition, reason not given[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
- Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
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Change history
- January 1, 2021Removed from the code setMost recent hemoglobin (hgb) level < 10 g/dl
- January 1, 2013Added to the code setMost recent hemoglobin (hgb) level < 10 g/dl
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8973 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- 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…
- G8969 — Documentation of patient reason(s) for not prescribing an oral anticoagulant that is fda approved for the prevention of thromboembolism (e.g., patient preference for not receiving anticoagulation)
- G8970 — No risk factors or one moderate risk factor for thromboembolism
- G8971 — Warfarin or another oral anticoagulant that is fda approved not prescribed, reason not given
- G8972 — One or more high risk factors for thromboembolism or more than one moderate risk factor for thromboembolism
- G8974 — Hemoglobin level measurement not documented, reason not given
- G8975 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for patient having a hemoglobin level < 10 g/dl (e.g., patients who have non-renal etiologies of anemia [e.g., sickle cell anemia or other hemoglobinopathies,…
- G8976 — Most recent hemoglobin (hgb) level >= 10 g/dl
- G8977 — I intend to report the oncology measures group
- G8978 — Mobility: walking & moving around functional limitation, current status, at therapy episode outset and at reporting intervals