Summary & Overview
HCPCS R0075: Transportation of Portable X-ray to Home or Nursing Home
HCPCS Level II code R0075 designates the transportation of portable x-ray equipment and staff to a home or nursing home per trip when multiple patients are seen. This code is important nationally because it supports billing for mobile radiography logistics that enable diagnostic imaging outside traditional clinical settings, improving access for homebound and long-term care patients. Payers commonly involved in coverage and payment for these services include Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna Health, UnitedHealthcare, and Medicare.
Readers will find a concise explanation of the service that R0075 represents, benchmarks and payment context for common payers, and clinical context describing typical use in patient residences and nursing facilities. The publication also outlines common modifiers and claims considerations, reimbursement patterns across major payers, and coding relationships that affect billing for mobile imaging trips. This material is written for national audiences involved in coding, billing, revenue cycle operations, and home health or nursing facility imaging programs.
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Billing Code Overview
HCPCS Level II code R0075 describes the transportation of portable x-ray equipment and personnel to a home or nursing home for on-site imaging. The service covers travel per trip to a facility or location when more than one patient is seen during the visit.
Service type: Mobile diagnostic imaging transportation.
Typical site of service: Patient residence or nursing home (on-site mobile radiography).
Clinical & Coding Specifications
Clinical Context
A portable radiography team is dispatched to a skilled nursing facility to obtain chest and extremity x-rays for multiple residents after an overnight fall and a cluster of suspected respiratory infections. A mobile x-ray technologist arrives with a portable x-ray unit and a licensed radiologic technologist assistant; the team performs imaging for three different patients on a single trip. The workflow includes: review of physician orders and patient identification, verification of isolation or fall precautions, transport of the portable x-ray equipment into each patient room, positioning and imaging (for example, portable CXR and extremity views), immediate on-site image quality review, and secure transfer of images to the radiology reading center. A remote radiologist provides final interpretation. Documentation includes date/time of trip, facility location, patients seen, procedure(s) performed, number of exposures, any clinical limitations (for example, patient immobility), and billing using the transportation HCPCS Level II code R0075 for the trip representing transportation of portable x-ray equipment and personnel to a facility when more than one patient was seen.
Coding Specifications
| Modifier | Description | When to Use |
|---|---|---|
26 | Professional component | When billing professional interpretation separate from technical services |