Exam 9: Introduction to Level Ii National Codes Hcpcs

This modifier indicates required Waiver of Liability statement issued.

HCPCS codes that are used to identify services that would not be reported with a CPT code, such as drugs, biologicals, and types of medical equipment/services which are not identified by Level II National codes.

HCPCS is a collection of codes that represent the following:

Temporary national codes for items or services requiring uniform national coding between one year's update and the next.

Subset HCPCS modifier indicating the service was provided by a resident under a teaching physician's direction.

Subset HCPCS modifier indicating denial expected as not reasonable or necessary.

Level II National Modifiers are located in the introduction section of the HCPCS and also in Appendix A of CPT.

There are more than 50 alphabetical modifiers available for assignment to add further specificity to the five-digit national code.Select the modifiers that reference a waiver of liability.

A modifier:

What types of codes are not recognized by Medicare and other federal payers but may be useful for claims to some private payers?

Match the following types of injections to the correct drug delivery method as used in the HCPCS Table of Drugs: -inhalant solution

Level II National Modifiers are located in the introduction section of the HCPCS and also in Appendix ____________________ of CPT.

Medicare and other federal payers do not recognize ___ codes.

The entries in the index of the National Codes may be listed under more than one ____________________ term.

Items billed before a signed and dated order has been received by the supplier must be submitted with this modifier.

K codes are used to identify: