2025 HCPCS Code 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)

TAGS: willing activity patient physical these blood documentation counseling discuss interventions control exercise refused receiving

Notice	HCPCS G8949 terminated on December 31, 2014.
Short Description	Doc pt reas on counsel diet
HCPCS Action Code	N - No maintenance for this code
HCPCS Coverage Code	C - Carrier judgment
HCPCS Code Added Date	January 01, 2013
HCPCS Action Effective Date	January 01, 2015
HCPCS Pricing Indicator Code	00 - Service not separately priced by part B (e.G., services not covered, bundled, used by part a only, etc.)
HCPCS Type Of Service Code	1 - Medical care
HCPCS Multiple Pricing Indicator Code	9 - Not applicable as HCPCS not priced separately by part B (pricing indicator is 00) or value is not established (pricing indicator is '99')
HCPCS Anesthesia Base Unit Quantity	0
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