HCPCS Code S9988

Services provided as part of a phase i clinical trial

Commercial Payers (Temporary Codes)

S9988 is a valid 2024 HCPCS code for Services provided as part of a phase i clinical trial or just “Serv part of phase i trial” for short, used in Other medical items or services.

HCPCS Code Details - S9988

HCPCS Level II Code
Commercial Payers (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code S9988
Description

Long description:
Services provided as part of a phase i clinical trial

Short description:
Serv part of phase i trial

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.)
Multiple pricing indicator 9 - Not applicable as HCPCS not priced separately by part B or value is not established
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 Apr 01, 2004
Date added Added Apr 01, 2004
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 S9986 · Not medically necessary service (patient is aware that service not medically necessary)

  • HCPCS S9990 · Services provided as part of a phase ii clinical trial

  • HCPCS S9991 · Services provided as part of a phase iii clinical trial

  • HCPCS S9989 · Services provided outside of the united states of america (list in addition to code(s) for service(s))

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”