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Try CasePilot| Short Descr | Walker seat attachment | Coverage | Carrier Priced | Pricing Indicator(s) | 32 – Supplies And Surgical Dressings - Inexpensive & routinely purchased DME (price subject to floors and ceilings) | MPI | A – Not applicable, as HCPCS priced under one methodology | BETOS | D1E – Other DME | TOS Code(s) | A – Used durable medical equipment (DME) | Added Date | 1/1/1986 | APC Status Indicator | Non-Implantable Durable Medical Equipment | MUE | 0 | MUE | 1 | OTS Orthotic | No | CCS Clinical Classification | 243 - DME and supplies |
| NU | New equipment | KX | Requirements specified in the medical policy have been met | RR | Rental (use the 'rr' modifier when dme is to be rented) | KG | Dmepos item subject to dmepos competitive bidding program number 1 | GA | Waiver of liability statement issued as required by payer policy, individual case | RB | Replacement of a part of a dme, orthotic or prosthetic item furnished as part of a repair | CC | Procedure code change (use 'cc' when the procedure code submitted was changed either for administrative reasons or because an incorrect code was filed) | CR | Catastrophe/disaster related | EY | No physician or other licensed health care provider order for this item or service | GZ | Item or service expected to be denied as not reasonable and necessary | KY | Dmepos item subject to dmepos competitive bidding program number 5 | 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. | GL | Medically unnecessary upgrade provided instead of non-upgraded item, no charge, no advance beneficiary notice (abn) | GW | Service not related to the hospice patient's terminal condition | 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 | KJ | Dmepos item, parenteral enteral nutrition (pen) pump or capped rental, months four to fifteen | KK | Dmepos item subject to dmepos competitive bidding program number 2 | KS | Glucose monitor supply for diabetic beneficiary not treated with insulin | KT | Beneficiary resides in a competitive bidding area and travels outside that competitive bidding area and receives a competitive bid item | KV | Dmepos item subject to dmepos competitive bidding program that is furnished as part of a professional service | KZ | New coverage not implemented by managed care | LT | Left side (used to identify procedures performed on the left side of the body) | N1 | Group 1 oxygen coverage criteria met | RA | Replacement of a dme, orthotic or prosthetic item | RT | Right side (used to identify procedures performed on the right side of the body) | TW | Back-up equipment | U1 | Medicaid level of care 1, as defined by each state | UE | Used durable medical equipment |
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| 1986-01-01 | Added | Code added 1/1/1986 |
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