HL7 Terminology (THO)
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CodeSystem: Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) level II alphanumeric codes

Official URL: http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/HCPCSReleaseCodeSets Version: 1.0.2
Active as of 2023-10-11 Responsible: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Computable Name: HCPCSLevelII
Other Identifiers: urn:ietf:rfc:3986#Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)#urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.285

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.

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

This case-sensitive code system http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/HCPCSReleaseCodeSets defines codes, but no codes are represented here


History

DateActionCustodianAuthorComment
2023-11-13reviseTSMGJessica BotaFix technical error with HCPCS uri; up-472
2022-07-22reviseTSMGJessica BotaAdd default value of TRUE for code systems missing caseSensitive element unless otherwise specified; UP-322
2021-02-24createHTAJessica BotaNew code system for the corrected entry for HCPCS; proposal UP-91