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CodeSystem: Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) level II alphanumeric codes

Summary

Defining URL:http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/HCPCSReleaseCodeSets
Version:1.2.0
Name:CMSHCPCSCodes
Title:Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) level II alphanumeric codes
Status:Active as of 12/6/21 8:26 PM
Definition:

The Level II HCPCS codes, which are established by CMS's Alpha-Numeric Editorial Panel, primarily represent items and supplies and non-physician services not covered by the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology-4 (CPT-4) codes; Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurers use HCPCS procedure and modifier codes for claims processing. Level II alphanumeric procedure and modifier codes comprise the A to V range.

General information can be found here: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/MedHCPCSGenInfo

Releases can be found here: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/HCPCSReleaseCodeSets

These files contain the Level II alphanumeric HCPCS procedure and modifier codes, their long and short descriptions, and applicable Medicare administrative, coverage and pricing data.

Publisher:HL7 Financial Management Working Group
Copyright:

See information on the use of HCPCS Level I (proprietary and owned by American Medical Association) and Level II codes here

Content:Not Present: None of the concepts defined by the code system are included in the code system resource
Source Resource:XML / JSON / Turtle

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

This code system http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/HCPCSReleaseCodeSets defines many codes, but they are not represented here