Modifiers for Transportation of Portable X-rays (R0075) When Billed by Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)
: On October 24, 2003, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued CR 2856, Transmittal 14, which established the use of 5 new
modifiers for portable x-ray equipment suppliers to report to carriers with HCPCS code R0075 (transportation of portable x-ray equipment and personnel to home or nursing home, per trip to facility or location, more than one patient seen). Subsequent instructions to the carriers were issued with CR 3280, Transmittal 343, on October 29, 2004, to implement payment instructions to be consistent with the definition of the modifiers. This
instruction implements the same requirements for use of the modifiers and payments consistent with the definition of the modifiers when the code R0075 is billed by a SNF to the fiscal intermediary on Part B types of bill (TOBs) 22x and 23x.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: October 21, 2005
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