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Describe HCPCS Codes

Usage

describe_hcpcs(hcpcs_code = NULL, desc_type = "All", varname = "hcpcs", ...)

Arguments

hcpcs_code

<chr> vector of 5-character HCPCS codes

desc_type

<chr> vector of code description types; All (default), Short, Long, Medium, Medical, Consumer, Clinician, Proprietary Name

varname

If hcpcs is a data.frame or a tibble, this is the quoted name of the column containing HCPCS codes; default is "hcpcs"

...

These dots are for future extensions and must be empty.

Value

a tibble

Examples

describe_hcpcs(hcpcs = c("39503", "43116", "33935", "11646"))
#> # A tibble: 31 × 8
#>    hcpcs description  desc_type level category section rbcs_category rbcs_family
#>    <chr> <chr>        <chr>     <chr> <chr>    <chr>   <chr>         <chr>      
#>  1 11646 Exc f/e/e/n… Short     I     I        Surgery Other Proced… Skin: Skin…
#>  2 11646 Excision, m… Long      I     I        Surgery Other Proced… Skin: Skin…
#>  3 11646 EXCISION MA… Medical   I     I        Surgery Other Proced… Skin: Skin…
#>  4 11646 Removal of … Consumer  I     I        Surgery Other Proced… Skin: Skin…
#>  5 11646 Excision of… Clinician I     I        Surgery Other Proced… Skin: Skin…
#>  6 11646 Excision of… Clinician I     I        Surgery Other Proced… Skin: Skin…
#>  7 11646 Excision of… Clinician I     I        Surgery Other Proced… Skin: Skin…
#>  8 11646 Excision of… Clinician I     I        Surgery Other Proced… Skin: Skin…
#>  9 11646 Excision of… Clinician I     I        Surgery Other Proced… Skin: Skin…
#> 10 11646 Excision of… Clinician I     I        Surgery Other Proced… Skin: Skin…
#> 11 11646 Excision of… Clinician I     I        Surgery Other Proced… Skin: Skin…
#> 12 11646 Excision of… Clinician I     I        Surgery Other Proced… Skin: Skin…
#> 13 11646 Excision of… Clinician I     I        Surgery Other Proced… Skin: Skin…
#> 14 11646 Excision of… Clinician I     I        Surgery Other Proced… Skin: Skin…
#> 15 33935 Transplanta… Short     I     I        Surgery Major Proced… Cardiovasc…
#> 16 33935 Heart-lung … Long      I     I        Surgery Major Proced… Cardiovasc…
#> 17 33935 HEART-LUNG … Medical   I     I        Surgery Major Proced… Cardiovasc…
#> 18 33935 Transplanta… Consumer  I     I        Surgery Major Proced… Cardiovasc…
#> 19 39503 Repair of d… Short     I     I        Surgery Major Proced… Other Orga…
#> 20 39503 Repair, neo… Long      I     I        Surgery Major Proced… Other Orga…
#> # ℹ 11 more rows

describe_hcpcs(
  dplyr::tibble(
    hcpcs = c("A0021", "V5362", "J9264", "G8916")))
#> # A tibble: 7 × 8
#>   hcpcs description   desc_type level category section rbcs_category rbcs_family
#>   <chr> <chr>         <chr>     <chr> <chr>    <chr>   <chr>         <chr>      
#> 1 A0021 Outside stat… Short     II    NA       Transp… NA            NA         
#> 2 A0021 Ambulance se… Long      II    NA       Transp… NA            NA         
#> 3 G8916 Pt w iv ab g… Short     II    NA       Proced… NA            NA         
#> 4 G8916 Patient with… Long      II    NA       Proced… NA            NA         
#> 5 J9264 Paclitaxel p… Short     II    NA       Chemot… Non-Procedur… Chemothera…
#> 6 J9264 Injection, p… Long      II    NA       Chemot… Non-Procedur… Chemothera…
#> 7 V5362 Speech scree… Short     II    NA       Speech… NA            NA