2024 HCPCS Code G8873

Patients with needle localization specimens which are not amenable to intraoperative imaging such as mri needle wire localization, or targets which are tentatively identified on mammogram or ultrasound which do not contain a biopsy marker but which can be verified on intraoperative inspection or pathology (e.g., needle biopsy site where the biopsy marker is remote from the actual biopsy site)

Notice	HCPCS G8873 terminated on December 31, 2020.
Short Description	Specimen not intraop image
HCPCS Coverage Code	C - Carrier judgment
HCPCS Action Code	N - No maintenance for this code
HCPCS Action Effective Date	January 01, 2021
HCPCS Code Added Date	January 01, 2012
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 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 Issues Manual Reference Section Number
HCPCS Type Of Service Code	1 - Medical care
HCPCS Anesthesia Base Unit Quantity	0