HCPCS Code Details - A4771

HCPCS Level II Code
Transportation Services Including Ambulance, Medical & Surgical Supplies
HCPCS Code A4771
Description

Long description:
Serum clotting time tube, for dialysis, per 50

Short description:
Serum clotting time tube

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 D - Special coverage instructions apply
BETOS2 code P9B - Dialysis services (non-medicare fee schedule)
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service L - ESRD supplies
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 2015
Date added Added Jan 01, 1986
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 A4770 · Blood collection tube, vacuum, for dialysis, per 50

  • HCPCS A4772 · Blood glucose test strips, for dialysis, per 50


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”