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HCPCS was set up to
give health care providers a coding system that describes specific products, supplies, & services that
patients receive
HCPCS no longer contains
a third level of codes
HCPCS is the abbreviation for
health care common procedure coding system
HCPCS is mandated
HIPAA code set
Level 1 codes in HCPCS are
the CPT Codes
HCPCS codes are maintained by
CMS
HCPCS level II codes have
five characters
HCPCS level II codes begin with an
alphabetic character
Durable medical equipment (DME) such as wheelchairs covered by the Medicare program are
reported using
HCPCS codes
A0300 is an example of
HCPCS level II codes
The CMS HCPCS workgroup
identifies services for which new HCPCS codes are needed
The CMS HCPCS workgroup maintains the
permanent national codes
DME MAC's process
Medicare claims