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Try CasePilot| Short Descr | Levalbuterol non-comp unit | Related Drugs | Albuterol Sulfate | Coverage | Special coverage instructions apply | 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') | MCM | 2100.5 | BETOS | D1G – Drugs Administered through DME | TOS Code(s) | 1 – Medical care | Added Date | 1/1/2005 | 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 | Items and Services Not Billable to the MAC | MUE | 10 | MUE | 900 | OTS Orthotic | No | CCS Clinical Classification | 240 - Medications (Injections, infusions and other forms) |
| KO | Single drug unit dose formulation | JZ | Zero drug amount discarded/not administered to any patient | GA | Waiver of liability statement issued as required by payer policy, individual case | CC | Procedure code change (use 'cc' when the procedure code submitted was changed either for administrative reasons or because an incorrect code was filed) | GW | Service not related to the hospice patient's terminal condition | CR | Catastrophe/disaster related | KX | Requirements specified in the medical policy have been met | EY | No physician or other licensed health care provider order for this item or service | 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. | 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. | 95 | Synchronous telemedicine service rendered via a real-time interactive audio and video telecommunications system: synchronous telemedicine service is defined as a real-time interaction between a physician or other qualified health care professional and a patient who is located at a distant site from the physician or other qualified health care professional. the totality of the communication of information exchanged between the physician or other qualified health care professional and the patient during the course of the synchronous telemedicine service must be of an amount and nature that would be sufficient to meet the key components and/or requirements of the same service when rendered via a face-to-face interaction. modifier 95 may only be appended to the services listed in appendix p. appendix p is the list of cpt codes for services that are typically performed face-to-face, but may be rendered via a real-time (synchronous) interactive audio and video telecommunications system. | GV | Attending physician not employed or paid under arrangement by the patient's hospice provider | GZ | Item or service expected to be denied as not reasonable and necessary | JA | Administered intravenously | JB | Administered subcutaneously | JW | Drug amount discarded/not administered to any patient | KP | First drug of a multiple drug unit dose formulation | PD | Diagnostic or related non diagnostic item or service provided in a wholly owned or operated entity to a patient who is admitted as an inpatient within 3 days | 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 | XE | Separate encounter, a service that is distinct because it occurred during a separate encounter | 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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| 2009-07-01 | Changed | Change in administrative data field of procedure or modifier code |
| 2008-04-01 | ReActivated | Code reactivated |
| 2007-12-31 | Deleted | Deleted |
| 2007-01-09 | Changed | Code description changed |
| 2005-01-01 | Added | Added |
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