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HCPCS Level II/M-Codes/M1260

M1260 HCPCS Level II Code: Patient status not documented within the first year of initiating dialysis

Medicare Coverage & Payment

  • Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment (CMS coverage code C)
  • Payment category: Service not separately priced (pricing indicator 00)
  • BETOS: Z2
  • Effective: January 1, 2025

Source: CMS HCPCS Level II release. Coverage codes indicate how Medicare treats the code, not whether a specific claim will be paid; payer policy and documentation still govern.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Patient status not documented within the first year of initiating dialysis is a HCPCS Level II code (M1260) for a Medicare-covered supply, service, or procedure. Short description: Pt not doc <= 1 yr dialysis.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to M1260 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • M1255 — Patients who have another reason for visiting the clinic [not prenatal or postpartum care] and have a positive pregnancy test but have not established the clinic as an ob provider (e.g., plan to terminate the pregnancy or seek prenatal services elsewhere)
  • M1256 — Prior history of known cvd
  • M1257 — Cvd risk assessment not performed or incomplete (e.g., cvd risk assessment was not documented), reason not otherwise specified
  • M1258 — Cvd risk assessment performed, have a documented calculated risk score
  • M1259 — Patient status documented within the first year of initiating dialysis
  • M1261 — Patients that were on the kidney or kidney-pancreas waitlist prior to initiation of dialysis
  • M1262 — Patients who had a transplant prior to initiation of dialysis
  • M1263 — Patients in hospice on their initiation of dialysis date or during the month of evaluation
  • M1264 — Patients age 75 or older on their initiation of dialysis date
  • M1265 — Cms medical evidence form 2728 for dialysis patients: initial form completed