A0434 HCPCS Level II code: Specialty care transport (sct)
A0434 is the HCPCS code for “Specialty care transport (sct)” in CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026.
Official description
A0434Specialty care transport (sct)
Short description: Specialty care transport
HCPCS · United States
Medicare details
The indicators CMS publishes with A0434 in its October 2026 file. They describe Medicare’s handling, not another payer’s.
- Medicare coverage
- Carrier judgment
- Medicare pricing
- Reasonable charge
- Type of service
- Ambulance
- BETOS category
- Ambulance
- Added
- Jan 1, 2001
Where A0434 sits
- 1A codesAmbulance, supplies and miscellaneous
- 2Active code A0434Specialty care transport (sct)
Source and release
- Data release
- HCPCS Level II · October 2026
- Effective date
- Oct 1, 2026
- Publisher
- CMS
This page is built from the HCPCS Level II catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’s October 2026 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.
Frequently asked questions
What does HCPCS code A0434 mean?
A0434 is the HCPCS code for “Specialty care transport (sct)” in CMS’s HCPCS Level II October 2026 release.
Does Medicare cover A0434?
CMS lists A0434’s Medicare coverage as “Carrier judgment” and its pricing as “Reasonable charge”. Coverage and payment still depend on the patient, the setting, the documentation and the payer.
Which HCPCS Level II release does this page use?
It uses CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026 to Dec 31, 2026. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.
Codes beside A0434
All A codesA0428Ambulance service, basic life support, non-emergency transport, (bls)A0429Ambulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency)A0430Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (fixed wing)A0431Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (rotary wing)A0432Paramedic intercept (pi), rural area, transport furnished by a volunteer ambulance company which is prohibited by state law from billing third party payersA0433Advanced life support, level 2 (als 2)A0435Fixed wing air mileage, per statute mileA0436Rotary wing air mileage, per statute mileA0888Noncovered ambulance mileage, per mile (e.g., for miles traveled beyond closest appropriate facility)A0998Ambulance response and treatment, no transportA0999Unlisted ambulance serviceA2001Innovamatrix ac, per square centimeter (add-on, list separately in addition to primary procedure)