HCPCS Code Details - G0421

HCPCS Level II Code
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code G0421
Description

Long description:
Face-to-face educational services related to the care of chronic kidney disease; group, per session, per one hour

Short description:
Ed svc ckd grp per session

HCPCS Modifier1
HCPCS Pricing indicator 11 - Price established using national RVU's
Multiple pricing indicator A - Not applicable as HCPCS priced under one methodology
Coverage code C - Carrier judgment
BETOS2 code M1B - Office visits - established
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service 1 - Medical care
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 2010
Date added Added Jan 01, 2010
HCPCS Coding Procedures

HCPCS Modifiers

In HCPCS Level II, modifiers are composed of two alpha or alphanumeric characters.

Example: E0260-NU - Hospital bed, semi-electric (head and foot adjustment), with any type side rails, with mattress
NU” identifies the hospital bed as new equipment

See also

  • HCPCS G0420 · Face-to-face educational services related to the care of chronic kidney disease; individual, per session, per one hour

  • HCPCS G0422 · Intensive cardiac rehabilitation; with or without continuous ecg monitoring with exercise, per session


1 Two-digit numeric codes are Level I code modifiers copyrighted© by the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT).

2 BETOS stands for “Berenson-Eggers Type Of Service”