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Try CasePilot| Short Descr | Hymovis injection 1 mg | Coverage | Carrier Priced | Pricing Indicator(s) | 51 – Drugs | MPI | A – Not applicable, as HCPCS priced under one methodology | ASC Payment Group Code | YY – 1/01/2017 | BETOS | O1E – Other drugs | TOS Code(s) | 1 – Medical care | Added Date | 1/1/2017 | 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 | 48 | MUE | Not applicable/unspecified. | OTS Orthotic | No | CCS Clinical Classification | 240 - Medications (Injections, infusions and other forms) |
| JZ | Zero drug amount discarded/not administered to any patient | EJ | Subsequent claims for a defined course of therapy, e.g., epo, sodium hyaluronate, infliximab | LT | Left side (used to identify procedures performed on the left side of the body) | RT | Right side (used to identify procedures performed on the right side of the body) | GA | Waiver of liability statement issued as required by payer policy, individual case | 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. | GW | Service not related to the hospice patient's terminal condition | GC | This service has been performed in part by a resident under the direction of a teaching physician | 76 | Repeat procedure or service by same physician or other qualified health care professional: it may be necessary to indicate that a procedure or service was repeated by the same physician or other qualified health care professional subsequent to the original procedure or service. this circumstance may be reported by adding modifier 76 to the repeated procedure or service. note: this modifier should not be appended to an e/m service. | JW | Drug amount discarded/not administered to any patient | GZ | Item or service expected to be denied as not reasonable and necessary | Q6 | Service furnished under a fee-for-time compensation arrangement by a substitute physician or by a substitute physical therapist furnishing outpatient physical therapy services in a health professional shortage area, a medically underserved area, or a rural area | CC | Procedure code change (use 'cc' when the procedure code submitted was changed either for administrative reasons or because an incorrect code was filed) | 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 | 79 | Unrelated procedure or service by the same physician or other qualified health care professional during the postoperative period: the individual may need to indicate that the performance of a procedure or service during the postoperative period was unrelated to the original procedure. this circumstance may be reported by using modifier 79. (for repeat procedures on the same day, see modifier 76.) | ET | Emergency services | GS | Dosage of erythropoietin stimulating agent has been reduced and maintained in response to hematocrit or hemoglobin level | GV | Attending physician not employed or paid under arrangement by the patient's hospice provider | HZ | Funded by criminal justice agency | KX | Requirements specified in the medical policy have been met | SA | Nurse practitioner rendering service in collaboration with a physician | 24 | Unrelated evaluation and management service by the same physician or other qualified health care professional during a postoperative period: the physician or other qualified health care professional may need to indicate that an evaluation and management service was performed during a postoperative period for a reason(s) unrelated to the original procedure. this circumstance may be reported by adding modifier 24 to the appropriate level of e/m service. | ER | Items and services furnished by a provider-based, off-campus emergency department |
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| 2107-01-01 | ReActivated | Recycled code. Revised description. |
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| 2010-01-01 | Deleted | - |
| 2008-01-01 | Added | Added |
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