2013 HCPCS G8968
Documentation of medical reason(s) for not prescribing warfarin or another oral anticoagulant that is fda approved not prescribed (e. g. , allergy, risk of bleeding, transient or reversible causes of atrial fibrillation, other medical reasons including, but not limited to pregnancy, mitral stenosis, prosthetic heart valve or patient is in the postoperative period)

  • This is the 2013 version of HCPCS G8968 - please refer to the 2016 HCPCS code set for the latest version.
  • Status changed on Tuesday, January 01, 2013 to: Add procedure or modifier code
  • BETOS Classification: Specialist > Psychiatry
  • Medicare coverage status: Carrier judgment

  G8967    G8969