HCPCS Code S0255
Hospice referral visit (advising patient and family of care options) performed by nurse, social worker, or other designated staff
Commercial Payers (Temporary Codes)
S0255 is a valid 2024 HCPCS code for Hospice referral visit (advising patient and family of care options) performed by nurse, social worker, or other designated staff or just “Hospice refer visit nonmd” for short, used in Other medical items or services.
| HCPCS Level II Code Commercial Payers (Temporary Codes) |
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| HCPCS Code | S0255 |
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| Description |
Long description:
Short description: |
| HCPCS Modifier1 | |
| HCPCS Pricing indicator |
00 - Physician Fee Schedule And Non-Physician Practitioners - Service not separately priced by part B (e.g., services not covered, bundled, used by Part A only, etc.)
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| Multiple pricing indicator |
9 - Not applicable as HCPCS not priced separately by part B or value is not established
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| Coverage code | I - Not payable by Medicare |
| BETOS2 code | Z2 - Undefined codes |
| HCPCS Action code | N - No maintenance for this code |
| Type of service | 9 - Other medical items or services |
| Effective date | Effective Jan 01, 2002 |
| Date added | Added Jan 01, 2002 |
| 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
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HCPCS S0250 · Comprehensive geriatric assessment and treatment planning performed by assessment team
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HCPCS S0257 · Counseling and discussion regarding advance directives or end of life care planning and decisions, with patient and/or surrogate (list separately in addition to code for appropriate evaluation and management service)
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”
