HCPCS Code Details - R0070

HCPCS Level II Code
Diagnostic Radiology Services
HCPCS Code R0070
Description

Long description:
Transportation of portable x-ray equipment and personnel to home or nursing home, per trip to facility or location, one patient seen

Short description:
Transport portable x-ray

HCPCS Modifier1
HCPCS Pricing indicator 13 - Clinical Lab Fee Schedule - Price established by carriers (e.g., not otherwise classified, individual determination, carrier discretion)
Multiple pricing indicator A - Not applicable as HCPCS priced under one methodology
Coverage code D - Special coverage instructions apply
BETOS2 code I1F - Standard imaging - other
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service 4 - Diagnostic radiology
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 1998
Date added Added Jan 01, 1982
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 R0075 · Transportation of portable x-ray equipment and personnel to home or nursing home, per trip to facility or location, more than one patient seen

  • HCPCS R0076 · Transportation of portable ekg to facility or location, per patient


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”