G8989 HCPCS Level II Code: Self care functional limitation, discharge status, at discharge from therapy or to end reporting
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Self care d/c status
- Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment (CMS coverage code C)
- Payment category: Service not separately priced (pricing indicator 00)
- BETOS: M5D — Specialist - other
- Last CMS action effective: January 1, 2020
- Terminated: December 31, 2019
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, 2020.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of G8989 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)
- 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
- G8961 — Cardiac stress imaging test primarily performed on low-risk surgery patient for preoperative evaluation within 30 days preceding this surgery[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- 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[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8963 — Cardiac stress imaging performed primarily for monitoring of asymptomatic patient who had pci within 2 years[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- 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 pci, initial evaluation, etc)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- G8965 — Cardiac stress imaging test primarily performed on low chd risk patient for initial detection and risk assessment[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- 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[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history (2)
- January 1, 2020 — 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, 2020Removed from the code setSelf care functional limitation, discharge status, at discharge from therapy or to end reporting
- January 1, 2013Added to the code setSelf care functional limitation, discharge status, at discharge from therapy or to end reporting
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to G8989 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- G8984 — Carrying, moving & handling objects functional limitation, current status, at therapy episode outset and at reporting intervals
- G8985 — Carrying, moving and handling objects, projected goal status, at therapy episode outset, at reporting intervals, and at discharge or to end reporting
- G8986 — Carrying, moving & handling objects functional limitation, discharge status, at discharge from therapy or to end reporting
- G8987 — Self care functional limitation, current status, at therapy episode outset and at reporting intervals
- G8988 — Self care functional limitation, projected goal status, at therapy episode outset, at reporting intervals, and at discharge or to end reporting
- G8990 — Other physical or occupational therapy primary functional limitation, current status, at therapy episode outset and at reporting intervals
- G8991 — Other physical or occupational therapy primary functional limitation, projected goal status, at therapy episode outset, at reporting intervals, and at discharge or to end reporting
- G8992 — Other physical or occupational therapy primary functional limitation, discharge status, at discharge from therapy or to end reporting
- G8993 — Other physical or occupational therapy subsequent functional limitation, current status, at therapy episode outset and at reporting intervals
- G8994 — Other physical or occupational therapy subsequent functional limitation, projected goal status, at therapy episode outset, at reporting intervals, and at discharge or to end reporting