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Codes: g0494

g0494

g0494 is a valid HCPCS code for 2023. It's used to specify:
Skilled services of a licensed practical nurse (lpn) for the observation and assessment of the patient’s condition each 15 minutes (the change in the patient’s condition requires skilled nursing personnel to identify and evaluate the patient’s need for possible modification of treatment in the home health or hospice setting)

g0494- HCPCS Details

HCPCS Code

g0494

Description

Short Description
Lpn care ea 15min hh/hospice
Long Description
Skilled services of a licensed practical nurse (lpn) for the observation and assessment of the patient's condition each 15 minutes (the change in the patient's condition requires skilled nursing personnel to identify and evaluate the patient's need for possible modification of treatment in the home health or hospice setting)

A code denoting Medicare coverage status.

HCPCS Coverage Code ⓘ

C

A code denoting the change made to a procedure or modifier code within the HCPCS system.

HCPCS Action Code ⓘ
N =
No maintenance for this code

Code used to identify the appropriate methodology for developing unique pricing amounts under part B. A procedure may have one to four pricing codes.

HCPCS Pricing Indicator ⓘ
00 =
Service not separately priced by part B (e.G. services not covered bundled used by part a only etc.)

Code used to identify instances where a procedure could be priced under multiple methodologies.

HCPCS Multiple Pricing Indicator Code ⓘ
9 =
Not applicable as HCPCS not priced separately by part B (pricing indicator is 00) or value is not established (pricing indicator is '99')

Berenson-Eggers Type of Service (BETOS) classification categories are used to analyze Medicare costs. All Health Care Financing Administration Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) procedure codes are assigned to a BETOS category.

BETOS Classification ⓘ

Y2 =
Other - non-Medicare fee schedule

The carrier assigned CMS type of service which describes the particular kind(s) of service represented by the procedure code.

Type of Service ⓘ

1 =
Medical care
( )

Effective date of action to a procedure or modifier code

Effective Date ⓘ

01/01/2017

The year the HCPCS code was added to the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System.

Date Added ⓘ

01/01/2017
Termination Date
-

The HCPCS Code Section that this code belongs to. It's typically denoted by the first letter in the code.

Code Section ⓘ

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