2025 HCPCS Code G8843
Documentation 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 of 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 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))
TAGS: benefit patients index their insurance measuring successful ordered initial event completion decline disease financial reason apnea sleep because respiratory completing study documentation suspected disturbance undue prohibits present hypopnea psychiatric obstructive cover evaluation would within bigger monthsShort Description | Doc reas no ahi or rdi |
HCPCS Action Code | N - No maintenance for this code |
HCPCS Coverage Code | C - Carrier judgment |
HCPCS Code Added Date | January 01, 2012 |
HCPCS Action Effective Date | January 01, 2023 |
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 |
HCPCS Coverage Issues Manual Reference Section Number |
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