G8535 HCPCS - ELDER MALTREATMENT SCREEN NOT DOCUMENTED; DOCUMENTATION THAT PATIENT IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE ELDER MALTREATMENT SCREEN AT THE TIME OF THE ENCOUNTER RELATED TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS: (1) PATIENT REFUSES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SCREENING AND HAS REASONABLE DECISIONAL CAPACITY FOR SELF-PROTECTION, OR (2) PATIENT IS IN AN URGENT OR EMERGENT SITUATION WHERE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE AND TO DELAY TREATMENT TO PERFORM THE SCREENING WOULD JEOPARDIZE THE PATIENT'S HEALTH STATUS

Code Information

HCPCS Code: G8535
Sequence Number: 0010
Short Description: Eld maltreatment not doc
Long Description: Elder maltreatment screen not documented; documentation that patient is not eligible for the elder maltreatment screen at the time of the encounter related to one of the following reasons: (1) patient refuses to participate in the screening and has reasonable decisional capacity for self-protection, or (2) patient is in an urgent or emergent situation where time is of the essence and to delay treatment to perform the screening would jeopardize the patient's health status
Date Added: 1/1/2009
Action Code: N - No maintenance for this code
Action Effective Date: 1/1/2024
Classification: Temporary Procedures & Professional Services
Coding System: HCPCS

Berenson-Eggers Type Of Service Code: M5D - Specialist - other
Type Of Service Code:
- 1 - Whole blood only eff 01/96, whole blood or packed red cells before 01/96

Pricing Indicator Code:
- 00 - Service not separately priced by part B (e.G., services not covered, bundled, used by part a only, etc.)
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')
Coverage Issues Manual Reference Section Number:
N/A
Medicare Carriers Manual Reference Section Number:
N/A
Coverage Code: C - Carrier judgment

Field Name	Field Value
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System Code	G8535
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	Elder maltreatment screen not documented; documentation that patient is not eligible for the elder maltreatment screen at the time of the encounter related to one of the following reasons: (1) patient refuses to participate in the screening and has reasonable decisional capacity for self-protection, or (2) patient is in an urgent or emergent situation where time is of the essence and to delay treatment to perform the screening would jeopardize the patient's health status
HCPCS Short Description	Eld maltreatment not doc
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	M5D - Specialist - other
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	1/1/2009
HCPCS Action Effective Date	1/1/2024
HCPCS Action Code	N - No maintenance for this code