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Try CasePilot| Short Descr | Cer post col occ/man sup adj | Coverage | Carrier Priced | Pricing Indicator(s) | 38 – Supplies And Surgical Dressings - Orthotics, prosthetics, prosthetic devices & vision services (price subject to floors and ceilings) | MPI | A – Not applicable, as HCPCS priced under one methodology | BETOS | D1F – Prosthetic/Orthotic devices | TOS Code(s) | P – Lump sum purchase of DME, prosthetics, orthotics | Added Date | 1/1/1984 | APC Status Indicator | Service Paid under Fee Schedule or Payment System other than OPPS | MUE | 0 | MUE | 1 | OTS Orthotic | No | CCS Clinical Classification | 243 - DME and supplies |
| KX | Requirements specified in the medical policy have been met | CG | Policy criteria applied | KV | Dmepos item subject to dmepos competitive bidding program that is furnished as part of a professional service | GA | Waiver of liability statement issued as required by payer policy, individual case | 25 | Significant, separately identifiable evaluation and management service by the same physician or other qualified health care professional on the same day of the procedure or other service: it may be necessary to indicate that on the day a procedure or service identified by a cpt code was performed, the patient's condition required a significant, separately identifiable e/m service above and beyond the other service provided or beyond the usual preoperative and postoperative care associated with the procedure that was performed. a significant, separately identifiable e/m service is defined or substantiated by documentation that satisfies the relevant criteria for the respective e/m service to be reported (see evaluation and management services guidelines for instructions on determining level of e/m service). the e/m service may be prompted by the symptom or condition for which the procedure and/or service was provided. as such, different diagnoses are not required for reporting of the e/m services on the same date. this circumstance may be reported by adding modifier 25 to the appropriate level of e/m service. note: this modifier is not used to report an e/m service that resulted in a decision to perform surgery. see modifier 57 for significant, separately identifiable non-e/m services, see modifier 59. | 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 | GP | Services delivered under an outpatient physical therapy plan of care | 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 | GZ | Item or service expected to be denied as not reasonable and necessary | J5 | Off-the-shelf orthotic subject to dmepos competitive bidding program that is furnished as part of a physical therapist or occupational therapist professional service | KT | Beneficiary resides in a competitive bidding area and travels outside that competitive bidding area and receives a competitive bid item | KY | Dmepos item subject to dmepos competitive bidding program number 5 | LT | Left side (used to identify procedures performed on the left side of the body) | NU | New equipment | 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 | RA | Replacement of a dme, orthotic or prosthetic item | RT | Right side (used to identify procedures performed on the right side of the body) | ST | Related to trauma or injury |
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| 1984-01-01 | Added | Code added 1/1/1984 |
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