HCPCS CODING AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR WOUND …

2017 Kestrel Health Information, Inc. / Visit HCPCS CODING and REIMBURSEMENT for WOUND Care Treatments, equipment and Products / 1 HCPCS CODING AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR WOUND CARE TREATMENTS, equipment AND PRODUCTSBy Glenda J. Motta, RN, BSN, MPH, WOCN 2017 Kestrel Health Information, THE PUBLISHERS OF 2017 Kestrel Health Information, Inc. / Visit HCPCS CODING and REIMBURSEMENT for WOUND Care Treatments, equipment and Products / 2 HCPCS (Health Care Common Procedure CODING System) CODING is a stan-dardized language used to describe services and medical equipment /products provided during the delivery of care. For health care professionals, it is a listing of descriptive terms for reporting medical services and procedures performed by physicians and other qualified providers. For reporting equipment and products, generic terminology identifies durable medical equipment , supplies used in conjunction with equipment and products, such as WOUND dressings.

Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractors (DME MACs) for process - ing Medicare Part B claims for DMEPOS (durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies). “Q” codes are assigned to a number of categories and are unique in that they identify a product by brand name. Private insurers maintain “S” codes.

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