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Try CasePilot| Short Descr | Hearing aid sup/access/dev | 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 | 1/1/2002 | 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 | CCS Clinical Classification | 242 - Hearing devices and audiology supplies |
| 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 | 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 | NU | New equipment | GX | Notice of liability issued, voluntary under payer policy | RB | Replacement of a part of a dme, orthotic or prosthetic item furnished as part of a repair | 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). | 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. | 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 | GW | Service not related to the hospice patient's terminal condition | GZ | Item or service expected to be denied as not reasonable and necessary | 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 | Ordering professional consulted a qualified clinical decision support mechanism for this service and the related data was provided to the furnishing professional | RP | Replacement and repair -rp may be used to indicate replacement of dme, orthotic and prosthetic devices which have been in use for sometime. the claim shows the code for the part, followed by the 'rp' modifier and the charge for the part. | TV | Special payment rates, holidays/weekends | 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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