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HCPCS Code for Transportation of portable X-ray equipment and personnel to home or nursing home, per trip to facility or location, one patient seen R0070

HCPCS code R0070 for Transportation of portable X-ray equipment and personnel to home or nursing home, per trip to facility or location, one patient seen as maintained by CMS falls under Diagnostic Radiology Services.

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

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Code R0070 in CMS fee schedule
Hi [USER=703933]AmBaseer[/USER], I have the same issue with EmblemHealth in NY. We are OON with them and they do pay when we file an appeal however they pay 58$ for the R0070 code. If I appeal a secon... [ Read More ]
Code R0070 in CMS fee schedule
[QUOTE="thomas7331, post: 494292, member: 5404"] The status C assignment to R0070 can be found in the PFS relative value files, which you can access here: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cms.gov/Medic... [ Read More ]
Code R0070 in CMS fee schedule
[QUOTE="AmBaseer, post: 494291, member: 703933"] That is what we were thinking as well, that it might be best to stop taking the orders for Aetna patients. I wanted to ask here and see if we might hav... [ Read More ]
Code R0070 in CMS fee schedule
[QUOTE="thomas7331, post: 494272, member: 5404"] I'm not sure that Aetna has an obligation to follow the NGS fee schedule. I've looked briefly at the Medicare Advantage plan regulations but don't see... [ Read More ]
Code R0070 in CMS fee schedule
I'm not sure that Aetna has an obligation to follow the NGS fee schedule. I've looked briefly at the Medicare Advantage plan regulations but don't see this question addressed. The status assigned to... [ Read More ]
Code R0070 in CMS fee schedule
I work for a mobile xray and ultrasound provider and we use code R0070 to bill for transportation service. We are in the state of Illinois where Medicare follws the fee schedule set by NGS according t... [ Read More ]
Portable Radiology
[b]not sure if you recieved your answer..[/b] [QUOTE="nmor013, post: 347517, member: 22662"]We are rolling out a Portable Radiology Program, but I cannot find specific information on how to bill the ... [ Read More ]
Portable ultrasound travel
Is there a hcpcs code for travel/setup for portable ultrasound? I use r0070 and q0092 for portable xray. I'm interested in mostly medicare codes...... [ Read More ]
Portable Radiology
We are rolling out a Portable Radiology Program, but I cannot find specific information on how to bill the R0070, R0075 & Q0092 on a claim form? Please help me. Should we code the appropriate:confused... [ Read More ]
R0075 and the SNF patient
If we go to a SNF facility and see two patients; one is on Part B the other Part A, do we bill the part B as R0070 or R0075 UN? The SNF bills Part A for the trip on that patient, but CH. 13 of the M... [ Read More ]
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