HCPCS definition

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

  • CONTRACTOR shall use Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) or Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes, as provided in the DHCS Billing Manual available at xxxxx://xxx.xxxx.xx.xxx/services/MH/Pages/MedCCC-Library.aspx, as from time to time amended.

  • Current validating process at EHS DW looks for standard codes only - CPT, HCPCS, and ADA.

  • The only field containing HCPCS Level 1 and II procedure codes is the Procedure Code field (#26).

  • HIPPAA regulations require that only standard HCPCS Level I (CPT) and II be used for reporting and data exchange.

  • Peer specialist services will be billed under their supervising clinician’s NPI, using HCPCS code H0038 – Self-help/peer services.


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 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.
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.