Defining URL | http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/hcpcs-Level-II |
Version | 1.0.0 |
Name | HPC |
Title | HCFA Procedure Codes (HCPCS) |
Status | retired |
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. \n |
Publisher | U.S. Health Care Financing Administration; agency was renamed CMS on July 1, 2001. |
Type | Value | Preferred | Period | Comment |
OID | 2.16.840.1.113883.6.14 | true | ||
URI | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/HCPCS-all-codes | false | 2020-08-11 00:00:00-0400 --> (ongoing) | Published for many years in the HL7 V3 coremif, but has been retired; code system HCPCS Level II should be used instead. |