G8838

Category

G. Procedures and professional services, temporary

NDC crosswalk

None in the loaded CMS ASP file

CMS HCPCS quarterly update

These sit next to G8838 in the CMS Level II file. All G codes

• G8818Patient discharge to home no later than post-operative day #7
• G8825Patient not discharged to home by post-operative day #7
• G8826Patient discharged to home no later than post-operative day #2 following evar
• G8833Patient not discharged to home by post-operative day #2 following evar
• G8834Patient discharged to home no later than post-operative day #2 following cea
• G8839Sleep apnea symptoms assessed, including presence or absence of snoring and daytime sleepiness
• G8840Documentation of reason(s) for not documenting an assessment of sleep symptoms (e.g., patient didn't have initial daytime sleepiness, patient visited between initial testing and initiation of therapy)
• G8841Sleep apnea symptoms not assessed, reason not given
• G8842Apnea hypopnea index (ahi), respiratory disturbance index (rdi) or respiratory event index (rei) documented or measured within 2 months after initial evaluation for suspected obstructive sleep apnea
• G8843Documentation of reason(s) for not measuring an apnea hypopnea index (ahi), a respiratory disturbance index (rdi), or a respiratory event index (rei) within 2 months after initial evaluation for suspected obstructive sleep apnea (e.g., medical, neurological, or psychiatric disease that prohibits successful completion of a sleep study, patients for whom a sleep study would present a bigger risk than benefit or would pose an undue burden, dementia, patients previously diagnosed with osa and severity assessed by another provider, patients who decline ahi/rdi/rei measurement, patients who had a financial reason for not completing testing, test was ordered but not completed, patients decline because their insurance (payer) does not cover the expense)