Question

Permanent and Temporary Codes Resource: Table 5.6 and p. 181 of Medical Insurance A Revenue Cycle Process Approach (7th ed.) Complete the following tables Give 5 examples of permanent and temporary codes and a description of what each code is used for. Be clear and concise, use complete sentences, and define the codes and descriptions in your own words. Permanent Codes Description Temporary Codes Description

Answer 1

PERMANENT NATIONAL CODES :-

are maintained by the HCPCS national panel which is composed of representatives from the blue cross/blue shield association, the health insurance association HIAA and CMS. the HCPCS national panel is responsible for making deletions to the permanent national alphanumeric codes.

TEMPORARY CODES (remain indefinitely) :-

are maintained by the CMS and other members of the HCPCS national panel, independent of permanent HCPCS level 2 codes.permanent codes are updated once a year on January1 but temporary codes allow payers the flexibility to establish codes that are needed before the nest january 1 annual update

#. Permanent codes are CPT ll category codes :-

#. Patient management: 0500F0509F These codes are used to describe utilization measures or measures of patient care provided for specific clinical purposes (eg, prenatal care, pre- and postsurgical care, referrals).

Patient history: 1000F–1111F Patient history codes are used to describe measures for aspects of patient history and review of systems.

Physical examination: 2000F2031F These codes describe aspects of the physical examination or clinical assessment.

Diagnostic screening processes or results: 3006F–3210F These codes are used to report results of clinical laboratory tests and radiologic or other procedural examinations.

Therapeutic, preventive, or other interventions: 4000F–4124F Codes in the 4000F range describe pharmacologic, procedural, or behavioral therapies, including preventive services such as patient education and counseling. Follow-up or other outcome

#. Temporary codes are cpt lll category codes :-

1. 0505T Endovenous femoral-popliteal arterial revascularization, with transcatheter placement of intravascular stent graft(s) and closure by any method, including percutaneous or open vascular access, ultrasound guidance for vascular access when performed, all catheterization(s) and intraprocedural roadmapping and imaging guidance necessary to complete the intervention, all associated radiological supervision and interpretation, when performed, with crossing of the occlusive lesion in an extraluminal fashion ►(0505T includes all ipsilateral selective arterial and venous catheterization, all diagnostic imaging for ipsilateral, lower extremity arteriography, and all related radiological supervision and interpretation)

0506T Macular pigment optical density measurement by heterochromatic flicker photometry, unilateral or bilateral, with interpretation and report

0507T Near infrared dual imaging (ie, simultaneous reflective and trans-illuminated light) of meibomian glands, unilateral or bilateral, with interpretation and report ►(For external ocular photography, use 92285)◄ ►(For tear film imaging, use 0330T)

0508T Pulse-echo ultrasound bone density measurement resulting in indicator of axial bone mineral density, tibia

0509TElectroretinography (ERG) with interpretation and report, pattern (PERG)