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Sterile water, saline and/or dextrose, diluent/flush, 10 ml
Short Descr Sterile water/saline, 10 ml
Related Drugs BACTERIOSTATIC SODIUM CHLORIDE
Coverage Special coverage instructions apply
Pricing Indicator(s) 37 – Supplies And Surgical Dressings - Ostomy, tracheostomy and urological supplies (price subject to floors and ceilings)
MPI A – Not applicable, as HCPCS priced under one methodology
MCM 2049
BETOS D1F – Prosthetic/Orthotic devices
TOS Code(s) 1 – Medical care
Added Date 1/1/2004
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 Items and Services Packaged into APC Rates
MUE 0
MUE Not applicable/unspecified.
IOM 100-02, 15, 50
OTS Orthotic No
CCS Clinical Classification 243 - DME and supplies
KX Requirements specified in the medical policy have been met
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
GA Waiver of liability statement issued as required by payer policy, individual case
AY Item or service furnished to an esrd patient that is not for the treatment of esrd
GZ Item or service expected to be denied as not reasonable and necessary
A1 Dressing for one wound
CC Procedure code change (use 'cc' when the procedure code submitted was changed either for administrative reasons or because an incorrect code was filed)
A3 Dressing for three wounds
CR Catastrophe/disaster related
GW Service not related to the hospice patient's terminal condition
A2 Dressing for two wounds
EY No physician or other licensed health care provider order for this item or service
AU Item furnished in conjunction with a urological, ostomy, or tracheostomy supply
A4 Dressing for four wounds
59 Distinct procedural service: under certain circumstances, it may be necessary to indicate that a procedure or service was distinct or independent from other non-e/m services performed on the same day. modifier 59 is used to identify procedures/services, other than e/m services, that are not normally reported together, but are appropriate under the circumstances. documentation must support a different session, different procedure or surgery, different site or organ system, separate incision/excision, separate lesion, or separate injury (or area of injury in extensive injuries) not ordinarily encountered or performed on the same day by the same individual. however, when another already established modifier is appropriate it should be used rather than modifier 59. only if no more descriptive modifier is available, and the use of modifier 59 best explains the circumstances, should modifier 59 be used. note: modifier 59 should not be appended to an e/m service. to report a separate and distinct e/m service with a non-e/m service performed on the same date, see modifier 25.
A6 Dressing for six wounds
JA Administered intravenously
SH Second concurrently administered infusion therapy
77 Repeat procedure by another physician or other qualified health care professional: it may be necessary to indicate that a basic procedure or service was repeated by another physician or other qualified health care professional subsequent to the original procedure or service. this circumstance may be reported by adding modifier 77 to the repeated procedure or service. note: this modifier should not be appended to an e/m service.
GX Notice of liability issued, voluntary under payer policy
JZ Zero drug amount discarded/not administered to any patient
KY Dmepos item subject to dmepos competitive bidding program number 5
SQ Item ordered by home health
XE Separate encounter, a service that is distinct because it occurred during a separate encounter
AX Item furnished in conjunction with dialysis services
BO Orally administered nutrition, not by feeding tube
KD Drug or biological infused through dme
RT Right side (used to identify procedures performed on the right side of the body)
51 Multiple procedures: when multiple procedures, other than e/m services, physical medicine and rehabilitation services or provision of supplies (eg, vaccines), are performed at the same session by the same individual, the primary procedure or service may be reported as listed. the additional procedure(s) or service(s) may be identified by appending modifier 51 to the additional procedure or service code(s). note: this modifier should not be appended to designated "add-on" codes (see appendix d).
AG Primary physician
GV Attending physician not employed or paid under arrangement by the patient's hospice provider
X5 Diagnostic services requested by another clinician: for reporting services by a clinician who furnishes care to the patient only as requested by another clinician or subsequent and related services requested by another clinician; this modifier is reported for patient relationships that may not be adequately captured by the above alternative categories; reporting clinician service examples include but are not limited to, the radiologist's interpretation of an imaging study requested by another clinician
XU Unusual non-overlapping service, the use of a service that is distinct because it does not overlap usual components of the main service
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2004-01-01 Added Code added 1/1/2004
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