HCPCS Code G0379
Direct admission of patient for hospital observation care
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
G0379 is a valid 2024 HCPCS code for Direct admission of patient for hospital observation care or just “Direct refer hospital observ” for short, used in Medical care.
| HCPCS Level II Code Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes) |
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| HCPCS Code | G0379 |
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| 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 | D - Special coverage instructions apply |
| BETOS2 code | M2A - Hospital visit - initial |
| HCPCS Action code | N - No maintenance for this code |
| Type of service | 1 - Medical care |
| Effective date | Effective Jan 01, 2010 |
| Date added | Added Jan 01, 2006 |
| 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 G0378 · Hospital observation service, per hour
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HCPCS G0380 · Level 1 hospital emergency department visit provided in a type b emergency department; (the ed must meet at least one of the following requirements: (1) it is licensed by the state in which it is located under applicable state law as an emergency room or emergency department; (2) it is held out to the public (by name, posted signs, advertising, or other means) as a place that provides care for emergency medical conditions on an urgent basis without requiring a previously scheduled appointment; or (3) during the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which a determination under 42 cfr 489.24 is being made, based on a representative sample of patient visits that occurred during that calendar year, it provides at least one-third of all of its outpatient visits for the treatment of emergency medical conditions on an urgent basis without requiring a previously scheduled appointment)
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”
