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Try CasePilot| Short Descr | Urgent surgery | Coverage | Carrier Priced | Pricing Indicator(s) | 00 – Service not separately priced by part B (e.G., services not covered, bundled, used by part a only, etc.) | MPI | 9 – Not applicable, as HCPCS not priced separately by part B (pricing indicator is 00) or value is not established (pricing indicator is '99') | BETOS | Z2 – Undefined codes | TOS Code(s) | 1 – Medical care | Added Date | 1/1/2017 | Status Code | Measurement Code | Global Days | XXX - Global Concept Does Not Apply | PC/TC Indicator (26, TC) | 9 - Not Applicable | Multiple Procedures (51) | 9 - Concept does not apply. | Bilateral Surgery (50) | 9 - Concept does not apply. | Physician Supervisions | 09 - Concept does not apply. | Assistant Surgeon (80, 82) | 9 - Concept does not apply. | Co-Surgeons (62) | 9 - Concept does not apply. | Team Surgery (66) | 9 - Concept does not apply. | Diagnostic Imaging Family | 99 - Concept Does Not Apply | APC Status Indicator | Items and Services Not Billable to the MAC | MUE | Not applicable/unspecified. | MUE | Not applicable/unspecified. | OTS Orthotic | No |
| 78 | Unplanned return to the operating/procedure room by the same physician or other qualified health care professional following initial procedure for a related procedure during the postoperative period: it may be necessary to indicate that another procedure was performed during the postoperative period of the initial procedure (unplanned procedure following initial procedure). when this procedure is related to the first, and requires the use of an operating/procedure room, it may be reported by adding modifier 78 to the related procedure. (for repeat procedures, see modifier 76.) |
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