G8768 — Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing lipid profile (e.g., patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate)
G8768 is a HCPCS Level II code for documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing lipid profile (e.g., patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate). It belongs to the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section. It was terminated on December 31, 2014 and is not valid on new claims.
This code has been terminated
CMS terminated G8768 on December 31, 2014. It stays in the file as history — a claim you are auditing from before that date may legitimately carry it — but it must not appear on a new claim. The adjacent codes below are the usual place to look for its replacement.
Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment
Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.
From the coverage field of the CMS Alpha-Numeric HCPCS File, release 2026Q3-Jul. This states Medicare’s position on the code, not on your particular claim.
The CMS record for G8768
- Long descriptor
- Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing lipid profile (e.g., patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate)
- Short descriptor
- Doc med reas no lipid profle
- Added
- January 1, 2012
- Terminated
- December 31, 2014
- BETOS
- M5B
- Pricing indicator
- 00 — Not priced by Part B
The official wording. This is what the code means.
CMS's 28-character form, which is what shows up on a remittance advice.
When CMS introduced the code.
When CMS retired it.
Berenson-Eggers Type of Service — CMS's own analytic grouping.
Service not separately priced by Part B — not covered, bundled into another service, or used by Part A only.
Codes adjacent to G8768
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If G8768 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- G8758All quality actions for the applicable measures in the inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) measures group have been performed for this patientterminated
- G8759All quality actions for the applicable measures in the sleep apnea measures group have been performed for this patientterminated
- G8761All quality actions for the applicable measures in the dementia measures group have been performed for this patientterminated
- G8762All quality actions for the applicable measures in the parkinson's disease measures group have been performed for this patientterminated
- G8763All quality actions for the applicable measures in the hypertension (htn) measures group have been performed for this patientterminated
- G8764All quality actions for the applicable measures in the cardiovascular prevention measures group have bee performed for this patientterminated
- G8765All quality actions for the applicable measures in the cataract measures group have been performed for this patientterminated
- G8767Lipid panel results documented and reviewed (must include total cholesterol, hdl-c, triglycerides and calculated ldl-c)terminated
- G8769Lipid profile not performed, reason not giventerminated
- G8770Urine protein test result documented and reviewedterminated
- G8771Documentation of diagnosis of chronic kidney diseaseterminated
- G8772Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing urine protein test (e.g., patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not cllinically appropriate)terminated
- G8773Urine protein test was not performed, reason not giventerminated
- G8774Serum creatinine test result documented and reviewedterminated
- G8775Documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing serum creatinine test (e.g., patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate)terminated
- G8776Serum creatinine test not performed, reason not giventerminated
Questions about G8768
What is HCPCS code G8768?
G8768 is a HCPCS Level II code for documentation of medical reason(s) for not performing lipid profile (e.g., patients with palliative goals or for whom treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate). It sits in the Procedures and Professional Services (Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover G8768?
The CMS HCPCS file marks G8768 as "Carrier judgment". Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.
Is G8768 still valid?
No. G8768 was terminated on December 31, 2014 and should not be used on new claims.