HCPCS Code S9986
Not medically necessary service (patient is aware that service not medically necessary)
Commercial Payers (Temporary Codes)
S9986 is a valid 2024 HCPCS code for Not medically necessary service (patient is aware that service not medically necessary) or just “Not medically necessary svc” for short, used in Other medical items or services.
| HCPCS Level II Code Commercial Payers (Temporary Codes) |
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| HCPCS Code | S9986 |
|---|---|
| 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 S9982 · Medical records copying fee, per page
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HCPCS S9988 · Services provided as part of a phase i clinical trial
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”
