Field Name |
Field Value |
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System Code |
G8880 |
HCPCS Sequence Number |
0010 |
HCPCS Record Identification Code |
3 - First line of procedure record also contains detail information in positions 92-275 |
HCPCS Long Description |
Documentation of reason(s) sentinel lymph node biopsy not performed (e.g., reasons could include but not limited to; non-invasive cancer, incidental discovery of breast cancer on prophylactic mastectomy, incidental discovery of breast cancer on reduction mammoplasty, pre-operative biopsy proven lymph node (ln) metastases, inflammatory carcinoma, stage 3 locally advanced cancer, recurrent invasive breast cancer, clinically node positive after neoadjuvant systemic therapy, patient refusal after informed consent) |
HCPCS Short Description |
Sen lym p node biop not perf |
HCPCS Pricing Indicator Code 1 |
00 - Service not separately priced by part B (e.G., services not covered, bundled, used by part a only, etc.) |
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 Coverage Code |
C - Carrier judgment |
HCPCS Berenson-Eggers Type Of Service Code |
M5B - Specialist - psychiatry |
HCPCS Type Of Service Code 1 |
1 - Whole blood only eff 01/96, whole blood or packed red cells before 01/96 |
HCPCS Anesthesia Base Unit Quantity |
0 |
HCPCS Code Added Date |
1/1/2012 |
HCPCS Action Effective Date |
1/1/2018 |
HCPCS Action Code |
C - Change in long description of procedure or modifier code |