R0070 HCPCS Level II code: Transportation of portable x-ray equipment and personnel to home or nursing home, per trip to facility or location, one patient seen
R0070 is the HCPCS code for “Transportation of portable x-ray equipment and personnel to home or nursing home, per trip to facility or location, one patient seen” in CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026.
Official description
R0070Transportation of portable x-ray equipment and personnel to home or nursing home, per trip to facility or location, one patient seen
Short description: Transport portable x-ray
HCPCS · United States
Medicare details
The indicators CMS publishes with R0070 in its October 2026 file. They describe Medicare’s handling, not another payer’s.
- Medicare coverage
- Special coverage instructions apply
- Medicare pricing
- Physician fee schedule – Price established by carriers (e.g., not otherwise classified, individual determination, carrier discretion)
- Type of service
- Diagnostic radiology
- BETOS category
- Standard imaging - other
- Added
- Jan 1, 1982
Where R0070 sits
- 1R codesDiagnostic radiology services
- 2Active code R0070Transportation of portable x-ray equipment and personnel to home or nursing home, per trip to facility or location, one patient seen
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 R0070 mean?
R0070 is the HCPCS code for “Transportation of portable x-ray equipment and personnel to home or nursing home, per trip to facility or location, one patient seen” in CMS’s HCPCS Level II October 2026 release.
Does Medicare cover R0070?
CMS lists R0070’s Medicare coverage as “Special coverage instructions apply” and its pricing as “Physician fee schedule – Price established by carriers (e.g., not otherwise classified, individual determination, carrier discretion)”. 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.