Q3 HCPCS Level II modifier: Live kidney donor surgery and related services
Q3 is a HCPCS Level II modifier: “Live kidney donor surgery and related services.” It adds this detail to the code it is reported with.
Official description
Q3Live kidney donor surgery and related services
Short description: Live donor surgery/services
HCPCS · United States
Medicare details
The indicators CMS publishes with Q3 in its October 2026 file. They describe Medicare’s handling, not another payer’s.
- Medicare coverage
- Carrier judgment
- Added
- Jan 1, 1995
Where Q3 sits
- 1GroupHCPCS modifiers
- 2Modifier Q3Live kidney donor surgery and related services
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 Q3 mean?
Q3 is the HCPCS code for “Live kidney donor surgery and related services” in CMS’s HCPCS Level II October 2026 release.
Where is Q3 in the HCPCS Level II list?
Q3 is listed under Modifiers.
Does Medicare cover Q3?
CMS lists Q3’s Medicare coverage as “Carrier judgment”. 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.
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