Physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and allowed practitioners to affirm the initial implementation of the plan of care
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
G0179 is a valid 2024 HCPCS code for Physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and allowed practitioners to affirm the initial implementation of the plan of care or just “Md recertification hha pt” for short, used in Medical care.
HCPCS Level II Code Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes) |
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HCPCS Code | G0179 |
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Description |
Long description:
Short description: |
HCPCS Modifier1 | |
HCPCS Pricing indicator |
11 - Price established using national RVU's
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Multiple pricing indicator |
A - Not applicable as HCPCS priced under one methodology
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Coverage code | C - Carrier judgment |
BETOS2 code | Y1 - Other - Medicare fee schedule |
HCPCS Action code | N - No maintenance for this code |
Type of service | 1 - Medical care |
Effective date | Effective Mar 01, 2020 |
Date added | Added Jan 01, 2001 |
HCPCS Coding Procedures |
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
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”