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Try CasePilot| Short Descr | Uv lens/es | Coverage | Special coverage instructions apply | 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 | MCM | 2130B | BETOS | D1F – Prosthetic/Orthotic devices | TOS Code(s) | Q – Vision items or services | Added Date | 1/1/1985 | Status Code | Statutory Exclusion (from MPFS, may be paid under other methodologies) | 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 | Service Paid under Fee Schedule or Payment System other than OPPS | MUE | 0 | MUE | 2 | IOM | 100-02, 15, 120 | OTS Orthotic | No | CCS Clinical Classification | 241 - Visual aids and other optical supplies |
| 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) | KX | Requirements specified in the medical policy have been met | GA | Waiver of liability statement issued as required by payer policy, individual case | EY | No physician or other licensed health care provider order for this item or service | 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 | 55 | Postoperative management only: when 1 physician or other qualified health care professional performed the postoperative management and another performed the surgical procedure, the postoperative component may be identified by adding modifier 55 to the usual procedure number. | VP | Aphakic patient | 50 | Bilateral procedure: unless otherwise identified in the listings, bilateral procedures that are performed at the same session, should be identified by adding modifier 50 to the appropriate 5 digit code. note: this modifier should not be appended to designated "add-on" codes (see appendix d). | 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 | E2 | Lower left, eyelid | ER | Items and services furnished by a provider-based, off-campus emergency department | GV | Attending physician not employed or paid under arrangement by the patient's hospice provider | GW | Service not related to the hospice patient's terminal condition | GX | Notice of liability issued, voluntary under payer policy | GZ | Item or service expected to be denied as not reasonable and necessary | KK | Dmepos item subject to dmepos competitive bidding program number 2 | 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 | KZ | New coverage not implemented by managed care | LR | Laboratory round trip | 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 | RE | Furnished in full compliance with fda-mandated risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (rems) | SC | Medically necessary service or supply |
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| 1985-01-01 | Added | Code added 1/1/1985 |
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