HL7 Terminology (THO)
3.0.0 - Publication

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

Summary

Defining URL:https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/HCPCSReleaseCodeSets
Version:1.0.0
Name:HCPCSLevelII
Title:Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) level II alphanumeric codes
Status:Active as of 2/23/21, 12:00 AM
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.

Publisher:U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Content:Not Present: None of the concepts defined by the code system are included in the code system resource
OID:2.16.840.1.113883.6.285 (for OID based terminology systems)
Source Resource:XML / JSON / Turtle

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

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

History

DateActionCustodianAuthorComment
2021-02-24createHTAJessica BotaNew code system for the corrected entry for HCPCS; proposal UP-91