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HCPCS Q0144

Azithromycin dihydrate, oral

Excluded from PFS — out of payment scope by statute, regulation, non-coverage, or reporting-only status.

HCPCS Level II

No national payment amount

Status N: non-covered. Medicare covers no part of this service, so the PFS produces no payment amount.

Did Medicare pay separately for HCPCS Q0144 in Q1 2015? Copy link

Not at a published national rate. HCPCS Q0144 carries status N (non-covered) in the Q1 2015 release. Medicare covers no part of this service. Treat the blank amount as unpriced, not as $0.

Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2015) · effective January 2015 · materially updated Aug 4, 2026 · compact facts

Why isn't there a national PFS amount?

  • Status N (Non-covered): Medicare covers no part of this service.
  • Status N: non-covered. Medicare covers no part of this service, so the PFS produces no payment amount.

CMS evidence · 2 sources

Open evidence
Physician relative value file (Q1 2015) · rvu15a.zip (PPRRVU15_V1223c.csv row 3,113)

See full source & method below

Common questions Copy link

Why is there no payment amount for Q0144?

Its status indicator is N (non-covered). Medicare covers no part of this service. The blank is deliberate: the amount is either unknown or paid under another provision, so reading it as $0 would be wrong.

Why would a Medicare claim for Q0144 be denied or paid less?

These come from CMS indicators on this page, not general billing advice.

  • Its status indicator is N (non-covered) — Medicare covers no part of this service. See status indicators

Payer-specific coverage and documentation rules live outside these files, so a claim that clears every check here can still be denied on other grounds.

When does this rate change?

CMS publishes a fee schedule release every quarter (January, April, July, October), and each is versioned here. See what changed each release, or get an email when a new release moves rates.

Sources: CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value Files.

Payment rules

Applicable payment rules Copy link

Only the rules that can matter for Q0144, each linking to its detail on this page.

Facility/non-facility Not modeled Professional/technical component Does not apply Bilateral adjustment Does not apply Multiple-procedure reduction Does not apply Assistant/co-surgeon treatment Does not apply Global surgery Does not apply NCCI same-day edits Not modeled MUE behavior Not modeled Other fee-schedule routing Does not apply Contractor pricing Does not apply

Global period: what Q0144's fee already covers Copy link

XXX Does not apply

The global surgery concept does not apply to this code.

Modifiers that report work outside Q0144's global period
Modifier Reports
-25 A significant, separately identifiable E/M on the same day as the procedure, beyond its usual pre- and post-operative care.

A modifier reports what happened; it does not by itself make a service payable. Documentation has to support it.

Can you bill it with another code? Copy link

Enter a second CPT or HCPCS code billed on the same date of service. We'll check the current NCCI procedure-to-procedure edit between it and Q0144.

See every current NCCI pair for Q0144 →

History

Rate history by release Copy link

National non-facility amount for Q0144 across quarterly releases.

Release Status Non-facility Facility
Q3 2026 Jul 1, 2026 – present N — —
Q2 2026 Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026 N — —
Q1 2026 Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026 N — —

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Source & method

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This is computed from CMS's Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Q1 2015 release (schedule pfs, effective January 2015). National amounts apply a GPCI of 1.000 and leave sequestration off. The status indicator decides payability, never the RVU values, so a blank RVU stays blank. Releases are immutable: a rate retrieved for a past quarter always reflects that release. CMS owns the code description shown for HCPCS Level II codes. Our methodology covers the depth: sourcing, parsing, versioning, and how we cross-check claims before they ship.

Physician relative value file (Q1 2015) · rvu15a.zip (PPRRVU15_V1223c.csv row 3,113)

Use the (i) buttons next to each amount above for the exact row, columns, and math.

Cite this rate

This link keeps pointing at the Q1 2015 figures, even after a newer release lands.

HCPCS Q0144 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rate (Q1 2015). Localis. https://localishealth.com/hcpcs/Q0144/2015/A