A0429 – Ambulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency)

Long description

Ambulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency)

Short description

Bls-emergency

Pricing indicator

52 Reasonable charge

Medicare coverage

C Carrier judgment – coverage decided by the Medicare contractor

BETOS category

O1A Ambulance

Added

January 1, 2001

Last change

January 1, 2001 – No change

Nearby A codes

• A0398 – Als routine disposable supplies
• A0420 – Ambulance waiting time (als or bls), one half (1/2) hour increments
• A0422 – Ambulance (als or bls) oxygen and oxygen supplies, life sustaining situation
• A0424 – Extra ambulance attendant, ground (als or bls) or air (fixed or rotary winged); (requires medical review)
• A0425 – Ground mileage, per statute mile
• A0426 – Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency transport, level 1 (als 1)
• A0427 – Ambulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency)
• A0428 – Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls)
• A0430 – Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (fixed wing)
• A0431 – Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (rotary wing)
• A0432 – Paramedic intercept (pi), rural area, transport furnished by a volunteer ambulance company which is prohibited by state law from billing third party payers
• A0433 – Advanced life support, level 2 (als 2)
• A0434 – Specialty care transport (sct)
• A0435 – Fixed wing air mileage, per statute mile
• A0436 – Rotary wing air mileage, per statute mile
• A0888 – Noncovered ambulance mileage, per mile (e.g., for miles traveled beyond closest appropriate facility)