New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 54 - PHYSICIAN SERVICES
Subchapter 9 - HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION (HCFA) COMMON PROCEDURE CODING SYSTEM (HCPCS)
Section 10:54-9.10 - Descriptions and Qualifiers for Level II and Level III Procedure Codes (except for Pathology/Laboratory)
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Introduction:
(b) Mental Health services:
H5025 | Psychotherapy Group (Maximum 8 persons per group: 90 minutes, |
per person, per session) | |
W9106 | Crisis Intervention--An emergency procedure provided in a |
nursing home by a psychiatric physician to a resident of that | |
home to meet the immediate need of the resident in psychiatric | |
crisis and the need of the facility. Request for this service | |
shall be initiated by the attending physician, or by the nursing | |
service director, supervisor or designee. Procedure includes | |
written evaluation, drug prescription, conference with staff and | |
recommendation of treatment plan. Use of procedure is limited to | |
once in six months. |
(c) Maternity Care:
W9050 | Attendance during and pediatric care to newborns at-risk vaginal |
deliveries. | |
QUALIFIER: Attendance by a physicians other than the | |
physicians(s) rendering maternity care. Medically necessity for | |
required attendance must be fully documented on the hospital | |
record as well as a brief explanation written in ITEM 24 on the | |
1500 N.J. claim form. (Example: Fetal distress). If difficulties | |
occur so that criteria of prolonged services (HCPCS 99150) or | |
critical care (99160) can be met, the HCPCS 99150 or 99160 can | |
be substituted in lieu of W9050. Payment may be in addition to | |
eligible payment for normal newborn care through HCPCS 99431 or | |
Hospital Inpatient (99221, 99222, 99223, 99231, 99232, 99233) or | |
Critical Care (99291 or 99292) codes, as applicable. | |
W9055 | Attendance during and pediatric care to newborns at-risk |
caesarean section deliveries. | |
QUALIFIER: Attendance by a physicians other than the | |
physician(s) rendering maternity care. Medically necessity for | |
required attendance must be fully documented on the hospital | |
record as well as a brief explanation written in ITEM 24 on the | |
1500 N.J. claim form. (Example: Fetal distress). If difficulties | |
occur so that criteria of prolonged services (HCPCS 99150) or | |
critical care (99160) can be met, then HCPCS 99150 or 99160 can | |
be substituted in lieu of W9050. Payment may be in addition to | |
eligible payment for normal newborn care through HCPCS 99431 or | |
Hospital Inpatient (99221, 99222, 99223, 99231, 99232, 99233) or | |
Critical Care (99291 or 99292) codes, as applicable. |
W9855 WM | Initial Antepartum visit. (Separate procedure) |
W9855 | |
W9856 WM | Subsequent Antepartum visit. (Separate procedure). |
W9856 | Indicate the specific dates of service on the HCFA 1500 |
claim form in Item 24 |
(d) Intrauterine devices:
W0001 WF | Supplying and inserting the intrauterine device "Paragard" |
by a physician including the post insertion visit. | |
W0001 WM WF | Supplying and inserting the intrauterine device "Paragard" |
by a certified nurse-midwife including the post-insertion | |
visit. | |
W0002 WF | Supplying and inserting the intrauterine device |
"Progestasert" by a physician including the post-insertion | |
visit. | |
W0002 WM WF | Supplying and inserting the intrauterine device |
"Progestasert" by a certified nurse-midwife including the | |
post-insertion visit. | |
W0004 WF | Removal of an IUD by a physician followed at the same |
visit by the insertion of the intrauterine device | |
"Paragard" by a physician including the post-insertion | |
visit. | |
W0004 WM WF | Removal of an IUD by a certified nurse-midwife (CNM) |
followed at the same visit by the insertion of the | |
intrauterine device "Paragard" by a CNM including the | |
post-insertion visit. | |
W0008 WF | Removal of an IUD by a physician followed at the same |
visit by the insertion of the intrauterine device | |
"Progestasert" by a physician including the post-insertion | |
visit. | |
W0008 WM WF | Removal of an IUD by a certified nurse-midwife (CNM) |
followed at the same visit by the insertion of the | |
intrauterine device "Progestasert" by a CNM including the | |
post-insertion visit. |
(e) Pulmonary function tests:
W9450 | Combined pulmonary function testing (for basic evaluation of |
pulmonary physiology includes complete spirometry and any 6 or | |
more pulmonary function studies |
(f) Hepatitis B Vaccine Immunization:
W9096 | Hepatitis B immunoprophylaxis with Recombivax HB, |
0.25 ml dose. This code applies only to newborns of HBsAg | |
negative mothers. | |
W9096 22 | Hepatitis B immunoprophylaxis with Recombivax HB, |
0.5 ml dose. This code applies only to newborns of HBsAg | |
positive mothers. | |
W9097 | Hepatitis B immunoprophylaxis with Recombivax HB, |
0.25 ml dose. This code applies only to high risk recipients | |
under 11 years of age (exclusive of newborns). | |
W9098 | Hepatitis B immunoprophylaxis with Recombivax HB, |
0.5 ml dose. This code applies only to high risk recipients | |
11-19 years of age. | |
W9099 | Hepatitis B immunoprophylaxis with Recombivax HB, |
1.0 ml dose. This code applies only to high risk recipients | |
over 19 years of age. | |
W9333 | Hepatitis B immunoprophylaxis with Engerix-B, |
0.5 ml dose. This code applies only when immunizing | |
newborns. | |
W9334 | Hepatitis B immunoprophylaxis with Engerix-B, |
0.5 ml dose. This code applies only to high risk recipients | |
under 11 years of age (exclusive of newborns). | |
W9335 | Hepatitis B immunoprophylaxis with Engerix-B, |
1.0 ml dose. This code applies only to high risk recipients | |
over 11 years of age. |
(g) Certified Nurse Midwife code for Home Delivery:
Z0250 WM | Home Delivery Pack |
QUALIFIER: All drugs and supplies, etc. necessary for the | |
delivery in this setting. |
(h) Speech-language pathology:
Z0300 | Speech/Language Pathology--Initial Visit Screening Examination |
QUALIFIER: Screening examination only, per individual, per | |
provider. | |
NOTE: It is the intent of the program to reimburse for either a | |
screening examination or a comprehensive speech/ evaluation | |
rendered to the patient, not both. If, as a result of the | |
screening examination, it is felt that a comprehensive | |
examination is necessary, it should be completed at that time or | |
at the earliest mutual convenience of the patient and the | |
provider. The screening examination, in this instance becomes an | |
integral part of the comprehensive speech/language evaluation | |
and the claim submitted to the Program shall be for a | |
comprehensive evaluation. If, however, the documentation reveals | |
that the screening examination did not support the need for a | |
comprehensive evaluation, the code that must be billed is Z0300 | |
Speech/Language Pathology--Initial Visit Screening Examination. | |
Z0310 | Initial Comprehensive Speech/Language Pathology Evaluation by a |
Certified Speech/Language Pathologist. | |
QUALIFIER: This procedure code is used to bill for assessment | |
and diagnosis(es) a problem, or problems, in any of the | |
following areas: language competence and performance, | |
phonological development or articulation skills, and/or physical | |
integrity and performance of the speech mechanism including the | |
respiratory, phonatory and articulation systems. Such evaluation | |
requires 3 hours on the average. Discussion and consultation | |
with the patient and/or family regarding findings and a written | |
report are considered an integral part of the evaluation. | |
NOTE: It is the intent of the program to reimburse for either a | |
screening examination or a comprehensive speech/ evaluation | |
rendered to the patient, not both. If, as a result of the | |
screening examination, it is felt that a comprehensive | |
examination is necessary, it should be completed at that time or | |
at the earliest mutual convenience of the patient and the | |
provider. The screening examination, in this instance, becomes | |
an integral part of the comprehensive evaluation and the claim | |
submitted to the Program shall be for a comprehensive | |
speech/language evaluation. If, however, the documentation | |
reveals that the screening examination did not support the need | |
for a comprehensive evaluation, the code that must be billed is | |
Z0300 Speech/Language Pathology--Initial Visit Screening | |
Examination. |
(i) PreAdmission Screening and Annual Resident Review (PASARR)
There are two sets of HCPCS procedure codes used for PreAdmission Screening (PAS) of PASARR Level II Screening as follows:
NOTE: The HCPCS codes 99313, W9849, 99333 and W9848 cannot |
bill along with consultation codes when rendered by the same |
physicians. The provider must use HCPCS codes 90801 and W9847. |
QUALIFIER: This procedure is used for Medicare/Medicaid |
applicants who require an initial PASARR Level II Screen |
PreAdmission Screening (PAS of PASARR) and are being examined |
by a psychiatrist to determine the need for specialized |
services for mental illness, prior to admission into a nursing |
facility (NF), as required by Federal law. |
It must be performed only by a Board Certified or Board |
Eligible Psychiatrist who must personally examine the patient. |
For hospital patients, the examining psychiatrist must attach |
a completed Division of Mental Health and Hospitals |
Psychiatric Evaluation form (DMH&H-1989) to the patient's |
clinical chart. The hospital Discharge Planning or Social |
Services unit will be responsible for the submission of the |
Psychiatric Evaluation form to the Division of Mental Health |
and Hospitals, CN-727, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0727, |
Attention: PASARR Coordinator. |
For community patients, the examining psychiatrist will be |
responsible for obtaining the Division of Mental Health and |
Hospitals Psychiatric Evaluation form (DMH&H-1989) from the |
Medicaid District Office and submitting the completed form to |
the Division of Mental Health & Hospitals, CN-727, Trenton, |
New Jersey 08625-0727, Attention: PASARR Coordinator. |
NOTE: The evaluation form must be mailed no later than 48 |
hours following the consultation to prevent undue delay in |
patient placement. |
QUALIFIER: This procedure is used for Medicare/Medicaid |
persons residing in the community (currently at home or |
boarding home) who are applicants to Medicare/Medicaid nursing |
facilities and are being examined by an attending physician to |
determine the need for specialized services for mental illness. |
If this examination reveals the need for a more specialized |
examination, a psychiatric consultation may be requested by |
the attending physician. Existing consultation codes for |
limited consultation and for comprehensive consultation may be |
used for this purpose by the consulting psychiatrist as |
appropriate. |
If the individual has a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or |
related dementias, as described in the 1987 edition of the |
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, |
documentation must be provided to the admitting Medicaid |
certified nursing facility, for the individual's clinical |
record, on the history, physical examination, and diagnostic |
workup, to support the diagnosis. (A new examination does not |
have to be completed.) |
The examining attending physician will be responsible for |
obtaining the Division of Mental Health and Hospitals |
Psychiatric Evaluation form (DMH&H-1989) from the Medicaid |
District Office and submitting the completed form to the |
Division of Mental Health and Hospitals, CN-727, Trenton, New |
Jersey 08625-0727, Attention: PASARR Coordinator. |
NOTE: The evaluation form must be mailed no later than 48 |
hours following the consultation to prevent undue delay in |
patient placement. |
The reimbursement for both HCPCS procedure codes 99313 and W9849 with a Medicaid maximum fee allowance of $ 44.00 are used for Medicare/Medicaid nursing facility patients who are being evaluated by an attending physician for the purposes of an annual resident review to determine the need for specialized services for mental illness.
QUALIFIER: If this examination reveals the need for a more |
specialized examination, a psychiatric consultation may be |
requested by the attending physician. Existing consultation |
codes for limited consultation and for comprehensive |
consultation may be used for this purpose by the consulting |
psychiatrist as appropriate. |
If the individual has a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or |
related dementias, as described in the 1987 edition of the |
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, |
documentation must be provided to the admitting Medicaid |
certified nursing facility, for the individual's clinical |
record, on the history, physical examination, and diagnostic |
workup, to support the diagnosis. (A new examination does not |
have to be completed.) |
These codes can only be utilized on an annual basis by the |
same physician on the same patient. |
The examining attending physician must attach a completed |
Division of Mental Health and Hospitals Psychiatric Evaluation |
form (DMH&H-1989) to the patient's clinical chart. The Nursing |
Facility administrator will be responsible for providing these |
forms to the attending physician as well as submitting the |
completed form to the Division of Mental Health and Hospitals, |
CN-727, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0727, Attention: PASARR |
Coordinator. |
NOTE: | The evaluation form must be mailed no later than 48 |
hours following the consultation. |
(j) HealthStart Maternity Medical Care Services and Health Support Services for Physicians
W9025 | HealthStart INITIAL ANTEPARTUM MATERNITY | 72.00 | 69.00 |
MEDICAL CARE VISIT, includes: | |||
W9025 WM | 67.00 |
W9026 | HealthStart SUBSEQUENT | 22.00 | 21.00 |
ANTEPARTUM MATERNITY MEDICAL CARE VISIT, | |||
includes: | |||
W9026 WM | 19.00 |
NOTE: | This code may be billed only for the 2nd through | |
antepartum visit. | ||
NOTE: | If medical necessity dictates, corroborated by the | |
record, additional visits above the fifteenth visit | ||
may be reimbursed under procedure code, i.e. 99211, | ||
99212, 99213, 99214, and 99215. The date and place of | ||
service shall be included on each claim detail line on | ||
the 1500 N.J. claim form. The claim form should | ||
clearly indicate the reason for the medical necessity | ||
and date for each additional visit. | ||
W9027 | HealthStart REGULAR DELIVERY, includes: 465.00 418.00 | |
W9027 WM | 371.00 |
NOTE: | The postpartum visit shall be made by the 60th | |
postpartum day. Include the delivery date on the | ||
1500 N.J. claim form in Item 24A. | ||
W9029 | HealthStart REGULAR DELIVERY AND POSTPARTUM 487.00 439.00 | |
includes: | ||
W9029 WM | 390.00 |
NOTE: | This code applies to a full term or premature | |
vaginal delivery and includes care in the home, | ||
birthing center or in the hospital (inpatient | ||
setting.) Include delivery date on the 1500 N.J. claim | ||
form in Item 24A. | ||
W9030 | HealthStart TOTAL OBSTETRICAL CARE 867.00 802.00 | |
W9030 WM | 723.00 |
Total obstetrical care consists of:
NOTE: | Reimbursement will be denied if the services |
delivered do not meet the criteria for the visits. | |
The elements of the visits shall include the | |
following: |
W9031 | HealthStart CAESAREAN SECTION DELIVERY, | 595.00 | 531.00 |
includes: |
NOTE: Include the delivery date on the claim | ||
form. | ||
W9040 | HealthStart enrollment process | 30.00 |
NOTE: This code may be billed only once during | ||
pregnancy by the same provider. | ||
W9041 | HealthStart Development of Maternity Plan of | 120.00 |
Care, includes: |
NOTE: This code may be billed only once during | ||
the pregnancy by the same provider. | ||
W9042 | HealthStart Subsequent Maternity Health Support | 50.00 |
Services Visit, includes: |
NOTE: This code may be billed only once per | ||
trimester and not more than twice per | ||
pregnancy. | ||
W9043 | HealthStart Postpartum Maternity Health Support | 100.00 |
Services, includes: |
(k) HealthStart Pediatric Preventive Care code requirements are as follows:
W9060 | Under 6 weeks | 31.00 | 26.00 |
W9061 | Between 6 weeks and 3 months | 31.00 | 26.00 |
W9062 | Between 3 months and 5 months | 31.00 | 26.00 |
W9063 | Between 5 months and 8 months | 31.00 | 26.00 |
W9064 | Between 8 months and 11 months | 31.00 | 26.00 |
W9065 | Between 11 months and 14 months | 31.00 | 26.00 |
W9066 | Between 14 months and 17 months | 31.00 | 26.00 |
W9067 | Between 17 months and 20 months | 31.00 | 26.00 |
W9068 | Between 20 months and 24 months | 31.00 | 26.00 |
W9060 WT | Under 6 weeks | 23.00 | 18.00 |
W9061 WT | Between 6 weeks and 3 months | 23.00 | 18.00 |
W9062 WT | Between 3 months and 5 months | 23.00 | 18.00 |
W9063 WT | Between 5 months and 9 months | 23.00 | 18.00 |
W9064 WT | Between 9 months and 11 months | 23.00 | 18.00 |
W9065 WT | Between 11 months and 14 months | 23.00 | 18.00 |
W9066 WT | Between 14 months and 17 months | 23.00 | 18.00 |
W9067 WT | Between 17 months and 20 months | 23.00 | 18.00 |
W9068 WT | Between 20 months and 24 months | 23.00 | 18.00 |
W9820 | Every 12 months thereafter | 23.00 | 18.00 |
NOTE:See N.J.A.C. 10:54-5.5 for more information about | |||
EPSDT. |
(l) Diagnostic Radiology Services:
R0070 | Transportation of portable x-ray equipment and personnel to |
home or nursing home, per trip to facility or location, one | |
patient seen |
(m) Rehabilitative Services:
H5300 Occupational Therapy
(n) Level III descriptions:
W1000 | Renal transplantation, implantation of graft, with |
immunosuppressant therapy, with recipient splenectomy and | |
recipient nephrectomy, unilateral and bilateral | |
W1001 | Resuturing of dislocated intraocular lens, requiring an incision |
W1002 | Myringotomy with insertion of collar button, unilateral |
W1003 | Myringotomy with insertion of collar button, bilateral |
W1008 | Discission of lens capsule; incisional technique (needling of |
lens), initial | |
W1009 | Discission of lens capsule; incisional technique (needling of |
lens), subsequent | |
W2000 | Dislocation, lumbar, simple, closed reduction with anesthesia |
W3600 | Injection procedure for intraosseous venography |
W3650 | Insertion of port-a-cath into subclavian for chemotherapy |
W4850 | Insertion of tenckhoff catheter with concurrent omentectomy, |
panniculectomy, lysis of adhesions, or other related surgical | |
procedure. (See code 49420 and 49421 for insertion without | |
omentectomy, panniculectomy, etc.) | |
W5650 | Removal of a foreign body from the vagina of a child |
W5750 | VABRA aspiration biopsy |
W5760 | Insertion of fletcher applicator for cesium implant, initial |
W5760 76 | Insertion of fletcher applicator for cesium implant, subsequent |
W5920 | Caudal anesthesia (epidural block) limited to obstetrical cases |
only eligible for reimbursement only when given by other than | |
the delivery physician | |
W5930 | Manual removal of placenta by other than the physician |
effecting delivery | |
W6499 AA | Anesthesia for ECT, cat scan or MRI |
W9170 | Peritoneal dialysis, 3rd to 14th day |
W9200 | Subnormal vision exam, a continuation eye exam with limited |
additional test to determine if subnormal visit on devices | |
would benefit problems not normalized | |
W9205 | Subnormal vision work-up with written report, prior |
authorization required this is a battery of extensive tests and | |
independent procedures to determine | |
W9215 | Screening examination |
W9220 | Split lamp examination |
W9310 | Patient activated ECG recorders office, or nursing home, with |
or without transtelephonic transmissions of the recording | |
W9378 | Transtelephonic cardiac pacemaker monitoring with EKG once per |
week limitation | |
W9382 | Transtelephonic pacemaker monitoring, lithium battery (single |
chamber) 37th month & beyond, allowed once per 4 weeks & if | |
more frequent then only by documented medical necessity | |
W9384 | Transtelephonic pacemaker monitoring, lithium battery (dual |
chamber) 2nd to 6th month & 37th month & beyond allowed once | |
per 4 weeks & if more frequent only by documented medical | |
necessity | |
W9385 | Transtelephonic pacemaker monitoring, lithium battery (single |
chamber) 1st month after implant allowed once per 2 weeks & if | |
more frequent than only by documented medical necessity | |
W9386 | Transtelephonic pacemaker monitoring, lithium battery (single |
chamber) 2nd month to 36th month allowed once per 8 weeks & if | |
more frequent than only by documented medical necessity | |
W9387 | Transtelephonic pacemaker monitoring, lithium battery (dual |
chamber) 1st month after implant allowed once per 2 weeks & if | |
more frequent than only by documented medical necessity | |
W9388 | Transtelephonic pacemaker monitoring, lithium battery (dual |
chamber) 7th to 36th month allowed once per 8 weeks & if more | |
frequent than only by documented medical necessity |