HCPCS Code Details - S5571

HCPCS Level II Code
Commercial Payers (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code S5571
Description

Long description:
Insulin delivery device, disposable pen (including insulin); 3 ml size

Short description:
Insulin dispos pen 3 ml

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, 2003
Date added Added Oct 01, 2003
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 S5560 · Insulin delivery device, reusable pen; 1.5 ml size

  • HCPCS S5561 · Insulin delivery device, reusable pen; 3 ml size

  • HCPCS S5570 · Insulin delivery device, disposable pen (including insulin); 1.5 ml size

  • HCPCS S8030 · Scleral application of tantalum ring(s) for localization of lesions for proton beam therapy


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”