HCPCS Level II · Procedures and professional services (temporary)
G8781Documentation of medical reason(s) for patient not receiving counseling for diet and physical activity (e.g., patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate)
Source: CMS HCPCS quarterly update, October 2026. Page updated September 29, 2026.
About G8781
G8781 is an HCPCS Level II code in the G series (procedures and professional services (temporary)), describing documentation of medical reason(s) for patient not receiving counseling for diet and physical activity (e.g., patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate).
It was added to HCPCS effective 01/01/2012, and its current record took effect 01/01/2015.
It was terminated on 12/31/2014 and can't be billed for later dates of service.
Its Medicare coverage code is "C", meaning coverage is left to the Medicare contractor's judgment.
Details
- Short description
- Doc med reas no counsel diet
- Date added
- 01/01/2012
- Action effective
- 01/01/2015
- Termination date
- 12/31/2014
- BETOS
- M5B
Related G87xx codes
- G8708Patient not prescribed antibiotic
- G8709Uri episodes when the patient had competing diagnoses on or three days after the episode date (e.g., intestinal infection, pertussis, bacterial infection, lyme disease, otitis media, acute sinusitis, acute pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis, chronic sinusitis, infection of the pharynx/larynx/tonsils/adenoids, prostatitis, cellulitis, mastoiditis, or bone infections, acute lymphadenitis, impetigo, skin staph infections, pneumonia/gonococcal infections, venereal disease (syphilis, chlamydia, inflammatory diseases [female reproductive organs]), infections of the kidney, cystitis or uti, and acne)
- G8710Patient prescribed antibiotic
- G8711Prescribed antibiotic on or within 3 days after the episode date
- G8712Antibiotic not prescribed or dispensed
- G8721Pt category (primary tumor), pn category (regional lymph nodes), and histologic grade were documented in pathology report
- G8722Documentation of medical reason(s) for not including the pt category, the pn category or the histologic grade in the pathology report (e.g., re-excision without residual tumor; non-carcinomasanal canal)
- G8723Specimen site is other than anatomic location of primary tumor
- G8724Pt category, pn category and histologic grade were not documented in the pathology report, reason not given
- G8733Elder maltreatment screen documented as positive and a follow-up plan is documented
- G8734Elder maltreatment screen documented as negative, follow-up is not required
- G8735Elder maltreatment screen documented as positive, follow-up plan not documented, reason not given
Common questions about G8781
Is HCPCS G8781 still valid?
- No. G8781 was terminated on 12/31/2014.
Does Medicare cover G8781?
- Its coverage code is "C": coverage is left to the Medicare contractor's judgment. Check the local coverage determination for your region.