HCPCS Code S3601

Emergency stat laboratory charge for patient who is homebound or residing in a nursing facility
Code effective Jan 01, 2002

HCPCS Section
Commercial Payers (Temporary Codes)

S3601 is a valid 2026 HCPCS code meaning Emergency stat laboratory charge for patient who is homebound or residing in a nursing facility or (Stat lab home/nf) for short. HCPCS S3601 has been effective since 01/01/2002 and applies to Other medical items or services.


HCPCS Code Details - S3601

HCPCS Level II Code
Section S - Commercial Payers (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code S3601
Description

Long description:
Emergency stat laboratory charge for patient who is homebound or residing in a nursing facility

Short description:
Stat lab home/nf

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 I - Not payable by Medicare
BETOS2 code Z2 - Undefined codes
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service 9 - Other medical items or services
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 2002
Date added Added Jan 01, 2002

See also

  • HCPCS S3600 · Stat laboratory request (situations other than s3601)

  • HCPCS S3620 · Newborn metabolic screening panel, includes test kit, postage and the laboratory tests specified by the state for inclusion in this panel (e.g., galactose; hemoglobin, electrophoresis; hydroxyprogesterone, 17-d; phenylalanine (pku); and thyroxine, total)

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”


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