S0255Hospice referral visit (advising patient and family of care options) performed by nurse, social worker, or other designated staff

Long descriptor

Hospice referral visit (advising patient and family of care options) performed by nurse, social worker, or other designated staff

Short descriptor

Hospice refer visit nonmd

Code family

S — Temporary national codes (non-Medicare)

Status

Active

Added to HCPCS

Jan 1, 2002

Action effective date

Jan 1, 2002

Termination date

None

Medicare coverage code

I — Not payable by Medicare

Pricing indicator

00 — Not separately priced by Part B

NOC list

Not on the CMS NOC list

Maximum units per day (CMS Medically Unlikely Edits)

No published MUE for S0255. CMS keeps some MUE values confidential, so this does not mean there is no daily unit limit.

Quarterly history

No authoritative public data was located for this field.

No CMS NDC–HCPCS crosswalk rows were located. CMS notes its crosswalks are not a comprehensive list of all NDCs.

Drugs whose NDCs CMS crosswalks to S0255

No authoritative public data was located for this field.

• Coverage documents for S0255 NCDs, LCDs, and Billing & Coding articles in the CMS Medicare Coverage Database that mention “S0255”. Covered diagnosis codes are listed in the articles.
• Self-administered drug (SAD) exclusion lists Drugs each MAC excludes from “incident to” Part B coverage because they are usually self-administered.
• Find your Medicare contractor (MAC) A/B and DME MAC jurisdictions by state — local coverage and prior-authorization rules come from your MAC.
• CMS discarded drug (JW/JZ) guidance When the JW and JZ modifiers are required for drugs from single-dose containers.
• NCCI Medically Unlikely Edits CMS MUE tables and quarterly changes for practitioner, outpatient hospital, and DME claims.

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All imported releases, checksums, and import reports are listed on the data sources page.

• This is a non-Medicare code. Whether a payer recognizes it, and how it is paid, varies by payer and contract.
• A HCPCS code being valid does not mean Medicare or any other payer covers the item; coverage is determined by the payer and the MAC.
• CMS publishes NDC–HCPCS crosswalks to support ASP-based Part B payment; they are not a comprehensive list of NDCs that may be billed with this code.
• Payment limits are national Medicare Part B limits per billing unit, before deductible, coinsurance, and sequestration. They are not commercial payer rates.
• Hospital outpatient (OPPS) payment rates and status indicators are not included in this release.
• MUE values are the published CMS NCCI limits for Medicare fee-for-service claims; other payers may apply their own unit limits, and CMS keeps some MUE values confidential.