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Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System

Uniform method for health care providers and medical suppliers to report professional services, procedures, and supplies. It consists of alphanumeric codes and modifiers for the use of all public and private health insurers. It is developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Uniform method for health care providers and medical suppliers to report professional services, procedures, and supplies. It consists of alphanumeric codes and modifiers for the use of all public and private health insurers. It is developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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1 entry terms
  • HCPCS

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

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History Note

2005

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  1. L01w.462w.750.245w.945w.380w
  2. N04w.452.515w.350w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D049228. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D049228
  2. Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_Common_Procedure_Coding_System
  3. Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5691200