HCPCS is a collection of standardized codes that represent medical procedures, supplies, products and services. The codes are used to facilitate the processing of health insurance claims by Medicare and other insurers.
- Prefix
hcpcs- Keywords
- biomedical science business administration ontology
- Links
- Homepage
Identifier Standards
- Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers
- Missing LUI pattern
- Example Local Unique Identifier
- G8944 Resolve
- Example CURIE
- hcpcs:G8944
Contacts
- Contact
- Cynthia Hake
- Contributors
-
submitter
Charles Tapley Hoyt
0000-0003-4423-4370
cthoyt
Mappings to External Registries
Mappings from records in Bioregistry to external registries comprises the metaregistry. This resource has 4 mappings to external registries with 2 unique external prefixes.
| Registry Name | Registry Metaprefix | External Prefix | Curate |
|---|---|---|---|
AberOWL
|
aberowl |
HCPCS
|
|
Biolink
|
biolink |
HCPCS
|
|
BioPortal
|
bioportal |
HCPCS
|
|
FAIRSharing
|
fairsharing |
FAIRsharing.x81wz8
|
Providers
A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).
The local unique identifier G8944 is used to demonstrate the providers
available for Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below.
A guide for curating additional providers can be found
here.
| Provider Name | Provider Code | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System | hcpcs |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/HCPCS/G8944 |
| Bioregistry | bioregistry |
https://bioregistry.io/hcpcs:G8944 |