HCPCS Code Details - A0430

HCPCS Level II Code
Transportation Services Including Ambulance, Medical & Surgical Supplies
HCPCS Code A0430
Description

Long description:
Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (fixed wing)

Short description:
Fixed wing air transport

HCPCS Modifier1
HCPCS Pricing indicator 52 - Reasonable charge
Multiple pricing indicator A - Not applicable as HCPCS priced under one methodology
Coverage code C - Carrier judgment
BETOS2 code O1A - Ambulance
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service D - Ambulance
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 2001
Date added Added Jan 01, 2001
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 A0429 · Ambulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency)

  • HCPCS A0431 · Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (rotary wing)

  • HCPCS S9960 · Ambulance service, conventional air service, nonemergency transport, one way (fixed wing)

  • HCPCS S9961 · Ambulance service, conventional air service, nonemergency transport, one way (rotary wing)


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”