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Official Description

Extra ambulance attendant, ground (als or bls) or air (fixed or rotary winged); (requires medical review)
Short Descr Extra ambulance attendant
Coverage Not payable by Medicare
Pricing Indicator(s) 00 – Service not separately priced by part B (e.G., services not covered, bundled, used by part a only, etc.)
MPI 9 – Not applicable, as HCPCS not priced separately by part B (pricing indicator is 00) or value is not established (pricing indicator is '99')
BETOS O1A – Ambulance
TOS Code(s) D – Ambulance
Added Date 1/1/1995
Status Code Statutory Exclusion (from MPFS, may be paid under other methodologies)
Global Days XXX - Global Concept Does Not Apply
PC/TC Indicator (26, TC) 9 - Not Applicable
Multiple Procedures (51) 9 - Concept does not apply.
Bilateral Surgery (50) 9 - Concept does not apply.
Physician Supervisions 09 - Concept does not apply.
Assistant Surgeon (80, 82) 9 - Concept does not apply.
Co-Surgeons (62) 9 - Concept does not apply.
Team Surgery (66) 9 - Concept does not apply.
Diagnostic Imaging Family 99 - Concept Does Not Apply
APC Status Indicator Non-Covered Service, not paid under OPPS
MUE 0
MUE Not applicable/unspecified.
OTS Orthotic No
CCS Clinical Classification 239 - Transportation - patient, provider, equipment
GY Item or service statutorily excluded, does not meet the definition of any medicare benefit or, for non-medicare insurers, is not a contract benefit
HR Family/couple with client present
HH Integrated mental health/substance abuse program
HN Bachelors degree level
PN Non-excepted service provided at an off-campus, outpatient, provider-based department of a hospital
RP Replacement and repair -rp may be used to indicate replacement of dme, orthotic and prosthetic devices which have been in use for sometime. the claim shows the code for the part, followed by the 'rp' modifier and the charge for the part.
SH Second concurrently administered infusion therapy
NR New when rented (use the 'nr' modifier when dme which was new at the time of rental is subsequently purchased)
QN Ambulance service furnished directly by a provider of services
CC Procedure code change (use 'cc' when the procedure code submitted was changed either for administrative reasons or because an incorrect code was filed)
EE Hematocrit level has not exceeded 39% (or hemoglobin level has not exceeded 13.0 g/dl) for 3 or more consecutive billing cycles immediately prior to and including the current cycle
GA Waiver of liability statement issued as required by payer policy, individual case
GM Multiple patients on one ambulance trip
GW Service not related to the hospice patient's terminal condition
HD Pregnant/parenting women's program
HE Mental health program
HI Integrated mental health and intellectual disability/developmental disabilities program
HP Doctoral level
QL Patient pronounced dead after ambulance called
RD Drug provided to beneficiary, but not administered "incident-to"
RR Rental (use the 'rr' modifier when dme is to be rented)
SS Home infusion services provided in the infusion suite of the iv therapy provider
TU Special payment rate, overtime
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1995-01-01 Added Code added 1/1/1995
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