HCPCS Code G8559
Patient referred to a physician (preferably a physician with training in disorders of the ear) for an otologic evaluation
Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes)
G8559 is a valid 2024 HCPCS code for Patient referred to a physician (preferably a physician with training in disorders of the ear) for an otologic evaluation or just “Pt ref doc oto eval” for short, used in Medical care.
| HCPCS Level II Code Procedures/Professional Services (Temporary Codes) |
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| HCPCS Code | G8559 |
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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 | C - Carrier judgment |
| BETOS2 code | M5D - Specialist - other |
| 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, 2010 |
| 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 G8552 · All quality actions for the applicable measures in the ischemic vascular disease (ivd) measures group have been performed for this patient
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HCPCS G8560 · Patient has a history of active drainage from the ear within the previous 90 days
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”
