HCPCS Code Details - S0148

HCPCS Level II Code
Commercial Payers (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code S0148
Description

Long description:
Injection, pegylated interferon alfa-2b, 10 mcg

Short description:
Peg interferon alfa-2b/10

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.)
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 Oct 01, 2010
Date added Added Oct 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

  • HCPCS S0145 · Injection, pegylated interferon alfa-2a, 180 mcg per ml

  • HCPCS S0155 · Sterile dilutant for epoprostenol, 50 ml


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”