Summary & Overview
HCPCS G8907: Facility Documentation of No Specified Adverse Events
HCPCS Level II code G8907 documents that a patient was not recorded to have experienced specified adverse events — including burns, in-facility falls, wrong-site/side/patient/procedure/implant events, or a hospital transfer/admission on discharge. This code serves as a safety and quality documentation marker used by facility-based providers to indicate the absence of these adverse events at the point of discharge. Nationally, such documentation supports quality reporting, risk management, and third-party auditing processes.
Key payers referenced in this analysis include Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna Health, UnitedHealthcare, and Medicare. Readers will find an overview of the code's clinical and administrative context, typical use cases in hospitals and post-acute facilities, and the kinds of benchmarks and policy considerations relevant to payers and facility billing teams. The publication summarizes how G8907 is applied at discharge, its role in safety documentation workflows, and where data limitations exist. It does not provide clinical recommendations but offers a concise reference for coding staff, compliance officers, and payers seeking clarity on the code's purpose and operational use.
Billing Code Overview
HCPCS Level II code G8907 documents that a patient was not recorded to have experienced any of the following events prior to discharge: a burn; a fall within the facility; a wrong site/side/patient/procedure/implant event; or a hospital transfer or hospital admission upon discharge from the facility. This code is used to indicate the absence of specified adverse events during an inpatient or facility-based stay.
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Service Type: Safety/outcome documentation and quality assurance event reporting
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Typical Site of Service: Facility-based settings such as hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, and other acute or post-acute care institutions
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Clinical & Coding Specifications
Clinical Context
A typical patient scenario involves an adult admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) following acute hospitalization for a surgical procedure or medical event (for example, stroke, complex orthopedic surgery, or prolonged medical ICU stay). The patient is evaluated and prepared for discharge from the IRF. As part of discharge documentation and quality reporting, the facility records that no sentinel safety events occurred during the stay: no burn prior to discharge; no falls within the facility; no wrong site/side/patient/procedure/implant events; and the patient was not transferred to or admitted to an acute care hospital at discharge. The clinical workflow includes multidisciplinary discharge rounds (physician, nursing, therapy, case management), review of incident reports and electronic medical record safety alerts, final nursing and physician discharge note sign-off, and submission of the facility quality indicator represented by billing code G8907 to payors and regulatory bodies.
Coding Specifications
| Modifier | Description | When to Use |
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00 | No modifier — standard processing | Use when no specific modifier circumstances apply to the claim containing G8907. |
| 22 | Increased procedural services | Use when the facility documents substantially greater effort related to quality reporting or documentation beyond usual discharge processes.