HCPCS definition

HCPCS means the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System.

HCPCS means CMS' Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System, which describes products, supplies, procedures and health professional services and includes, the American Medical Associations (AMA's) Physician "Current Procedural Terminology", Fourth Edition (CPT-4) codes, alphanumeric codes, and related modifiers.

HCPCS means the Health Care Procedure Coding System, published and updated by Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). HCPCS is a listing of codes and descriptive terminology used for reporting the provision of physician services, other health care services, and substances, equipment, supplies or other items used in health care services.

Examples of HCPCS in a sentence

• This qualifier is to be used for the National Drug Code (NDC) whenever a HCPCS drug related code is submitted in 24D to DMAS.

• Mandatory assignment does not apply to HCPCS code E0590, which represents the dispensing fee for nebulizer drugs.

• This qualifier is to be used for the National Drug Code (NDC) whenever a drug related HCPCS code is submitted in 24D to DMAS.

• Physicians furnishing services in areas that are designated as geographic HPSAs eligible for the HPSA physician bonus program under paragraph (a)(1) of this section prior to the beginning of the year but not included on the pub- lished list of zip codes for which auto- mated HPSA surgical incentive pay- ments are made should report HCPCS modifier -AQ to receive the HPSA sur- gical incentive payment.

• The electronic application intake system, Medicare Electronic Application Request Information SystemTM (MEARISTM), is available for HCPCS Level II application submissions.

More Definitions of HCPCS

HCPCS means the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System, Medicare's National Level II Codes, HCPCS 2006 (Eighteenth edition), as published by Ingenix, as may be periodically updated.

HCPCS means HCFA's Common Procedure Coding System, a coding system that describes products, supplies, procedures and health professional services and includes, the American Medical Association's (AMA's) Physician Current Procedural Terminology, codes, alphanumeric codes, and related modifiers. This includes:

HCPCS means CMS's common procedure coding system which is based upon the AMA's most current CPT publication.

HCPCS means Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System. HCPCS level 1 consists of the American Medical Association’s Current Procedure Terminology (CPT. HCPCS level II codes are alphanumeric and primarily include non-physician services, items, and supplies not covered by the Level 1 (CPT) codes.

HCPCS means the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System used by a hospital for billing for hospital ser- vices or commodities provided to an outpatient as defined in A.A.C. R9-10-201.

HCPCS. MEANS THE HEALTHCARE COMMON PROCEDURE CODING SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY THE CMS

HCPCS means Health Care Common Procedure Coding System which is published annually by the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is required by the Federal Government for Medicare reporting purposes.