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Try CasePilot| Short Descr | Hearing aid binaural bte/bte | Coverage | Non-covered by Medicare statute | 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') | Statute | 1862A7 | BETOS | O1F – Hearing and speech services | TOS Code(s) | K – Hearing items and services | Added Date | 1/1/2019 | Status Code | Non-Covered Service | 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 | Non-Covered Service, not paid under OPPS | MUE | 0 | MUE | Not applicable/unspecified. | OTS Orthotic | No |
| 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 | 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). | AB | Audiology service furnished personally by an audiologist without a physician/npp order for non-acute hearing assessment unrelated to disequilibrium, or hearing aids, or examinations for the purpose of prescribing, fitting, or changing hearing aids; service may be performed once every 12 months, per beneficiary | CR | Catastrophe/disaster related | GA | Waiver of liability statement issued as required by payer policy, individual case | GN | Services delivered under an outpatient speech language pathology plan of care | GW | Service not related to the hospice patient's terminal condition | GX | Notice of liability issued, voluntary under payer policy | KX | Requirements specified in the medical policy have been met | LT | Left side (used to identify procedures performed on the left side of the body) | NU | New equipment | RT | Right side (used to identify procedures performed on the right side of the body) |
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