What is the difference between revenue code and procedure code?

What is the difference between revenue code and procedure code?

The revenue codes were developed for the Medicare system but were soon adopted as the standard for hospitals. Revenue codes go along with procedure codes. When putting them in a chargemaster, you would add the correct revenue code to the CPT code you were going to use for a particular department.

Where do you find procedure codes?

A source of both diagnosis and procedure code information is a codebook. They are available for purchase or may be available at an academic or medical library.

What are the surgical revenue codes?

270
Medical/Surgical Supplies & Devices

Revenue Code Description
270 Medical/surgical supplies
271 Nonsterile supply
272 Sterile supply
274 Prosthetic/orthotic devices

What is Procedure Code 450?

Payment Status 450. Emergency room: general classification. Use appropriate CPT/HCPCS codes that describe the services rendered when applicable. (e.g. 99285) ER All-Inclusive Payment.

What does a procedure code look like?

Each CPT code is five characters long, and may be numeric or alphanumeric, depending on which category the CPT code is in. Category III codes are temporary codes that describe emerging and experimental technologies, services, and procedures. Note that while CPT codes have five digits, there are not 99,000-plus codes.

What is a procedure in coding?

In computer programming, a procedure is an independent code module that fulfills some concrete task and is referenced within a larger body of source code. This kind of code item can also be called a function or a sub-routine. A procedure may also be referred to as a function, subroutine, routine, method or subprogram.

What is Procedure Code 301?

301 – PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC.

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