HCPCS Deleted Code for Documentation of medical reason(s) for not prescribing oral aspirin or other antthrombotic therapy (e.g., patient documented to be low risk or patient with terminal illness or treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate, or for whom risk of aspirin or other antithrombotic therapy exceeds potential benefits such as for individuals whose blood pressure is poorly controlled) G8896

Deleted code, effective Jan. 1, 2015

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Documentation of medical reason(s) for not prescribing oral aspirin or other antthrombotic therapy (e.g., patient documented to be low risk or patient with terminal illness or treatment of hypertension with standard treatment goals is not clinically appropriate, or for whom risk of aspirin or other antithrombotic therapy exceeds potential benefits such as for individuals whose blood pressure is poorly controlled)
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