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Monday, June 27, 2016
HCPCS Codes Reporting on Form CMS-1450
Providers report the HCPCS codes established for the ambulance fee schedule. No other HCPCS codes are acceptable for the reporting of ambulance services and mileage. The HCPCS code must be used to reflect the type of service the beneficiary received, not the type of vehicle used.
Providers must report one of the following HCPCS codes in FL 44 “HCPCS/Rates” for each base rate ambulance trip provided during the billing period:
A0426;
A0427;
A0428;
A0429;
A0430;
A0431;
A0432;
A0433; or
A0434.
These are the same codes required effective for services January 1, 2001.
In addition, providers must report one of HCPCS mileage codes:
A0425;
A0435; or
A0436.
Since billing requirements do not allow for more than one HCPCS code to be reported per revenue code line, providers must report revenue code 540 (ambulance) on two separate and consecutive line items to accommodate both the ambulance service and the mileage HCPCS codes for each ambulance trip provided during the billing period. Each loaded (e.g., a patient is onboard) 1-way ambulance trip must be reported with a unique pair of revenue code lines on the claim. Unloaded trips and mileage are NOT reported.
For Form CMS-1450 claims submission prior to August 1, 2011, providers code one mile for trips less than a mile. Miles must be entered as whole numbers. If a trip has a fraction of a mile, round up to the nearest whole number.
Beginning with dates of service on or after January 1, 2011, for Form CMS-1450 hard copy claims submissions August 1, 2011 and after, mileage must be reported as fractional units. When reporting fractional mileage, providers must round the total miles up to the nearest tenth of a mile and the decimal must be used in the appropriate place (e.g., 99.9).
For trips totaling less than 1 mile, enter a “0” before the decimal (e.g., 0.9).
For electronic claims submissions prior to January 1, 2011, providers code one mile for trips less than a mile. Miles must be entered as whole numbers. If a trip has a fraction of a mile, round up to the nearest whole number.
Beginning with dates of service on or after January 1, 2011, for electronic claim submissions only, mileage must be reported as fractional units for trips totaling up to 100 covered miles. When reporting fractional mileage, providers must round the total miles up to the nearest tenth of a mile and the decimal must be used in the appropriate place (e.g., 99.9).
For trips totaling 100 covered miles and greater, providers must report mileage rounded up to the nearest whole number mile (e.g., 999) and not use a decimal when reporting whole number miles over 100 miles.
For trips totaling less than 1 mile, enter a “0” before the decimal (e.g., 0.9).
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