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Try CasePilot| Short Descr | Ziconotide injection | Related Drugs | PRIALT | Coverage | Special coverage instructions apply | Pricing Indicator(s) | 51 – Drugs | MPI | A – Not applicable, as HCPCS priced under one methodology | ASC Payment Group Code | YY – 1/01/2008 | Processing Note | PUBLICATION 100.2, CHAPTER 15, SS 502. | BETOS | O1E – Other drugs | TOS Code(s) | 1 – Medical care | Added Date | 1/1/2006 | Status Code | Excluded from Physician Fee Schedule by Regulation | 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 | Nonpass-Through Drugs and Nonimplantable Biologicals, Including Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals | ASC Payment Indicator | Drugs and biologicals paid separately when provided integral to a surgical procedure on ASC list; payment based on OPPS rate. | MUE | 1000 | MUE | 999 | OTS Orthotic | No | CCS Clinical Classification | 240 - Medications (Injections, infusions and other forms) |
| KD | Drug or biological infused through dme | 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 | JZ | Zero drug amount discarded/not administered to any patient | JW | Drug amount discarded/not administered to any patient | 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. | AQ | Physician providing a service in an unlisted health professional shortage area (hpsa) | JG | Drug or biological acquired with 340b drug pricing program discount, reported for informational purposes | TB | Drug or biological acquired with 340b drug pricing program discount, reported for informational purposes |
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