T1031 is the authoritative medical code for Nursing care, in the home, by licensed practical nurse, per diem. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for nursing care, in the home, by licensed practical nurse, per diem (HCPCS Level II T1031), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: Processed within HCPCS Level II standards. CMS regulatory guidelines apply.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Nursing care, in the home, by licensed practical nurse, per diem is a HCPCS Level II code T1031 for a Medicare-covered supply, service, or procedure. Short description: Lpn home care per diem.
Codes in This Family (33)
Official HCPCS Level II classifications in the same code family as T1031, with their registry titles.
- T1000 — Private duty / independent nursing service(s) - licensed, up to 15 minutes
- T1001 — Nursing assessment / evaluation
- T1002 — Rn services, up to 15 minutes
- T1003 — Lpn/lvn services, up to 15 minutes
- T1004 — Services of a qualified nursing aide, up to 15 minutes
- T1005 — Respite care services, up to 15 minutes
- T1006 — Alcohol and/or substance abuse services, family/couple counseling
- T1007 — Alcohol and/or substance abuse services, treatment plan development and/or modification
- T1009 — Child sitting services for children of the individual receiving alcohol and/or substance abuse services
- T1010 — Meals for individuals receiving alcohol and/or substance abuse services (when meals not included in the program)
- T1012 — Alcohol and/or substance abuse services, skills development
- T1013 — Sign language or oral interpretive services, per 15 minutes
- T1014 — Telehealth transmission, per minute, professional services bill separately
- T1015 — Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive
- T1016 — Case management, each 15 minutes
- T1017 — Targeted case management, each 15 minutes
- T1018 — School-based individualized education program (iep) services, bundled
- T1019 — Personal care services, per 15 minutes, not for an inpatient or resident of a hospital, nursing facility, icf/mr or imd, part of the individualized plan of treatment (code may not be used to identify services provided by home health aide or certified nurse assistant)
- T1020 — Personal care services, per diem, not for an inpatient or resident of a hospital, nursing facility, icf/mr or imd, part of the individualized plan of treatment (code may not be used to identify services provided by home health aide or certified nurse assistant)
- T1021 — Home health aide or certified nurse assistant, per visit
- T1022 — Contracted home health agency services, all services provided under contract, per day
- T1023 — Screening to determine the appropriateness of consideration of an individual for participation in a specified program, project or treatment protocol, per encounter
- T1024 — Evaluation and treatment by an integrated, specialty team contracted to provide coordinated care to multiple or severely handicapped children, per encounter
- T1025 — Intensive, extended multidisciplinary services provided in a clinic setting to children with complex medical, physical, mental and psychosocial impairments, per diem
- T1026 — Intensive, extended multidisciplinary services provided in a clinic setting to children with complex medical, physical, mental and psychosocial impairments, per hour
- T1027 — Family training and counseling for child development, per 15 minutes
- T1028 — Assessment of home, physical and family environment, to determine suitability to meet patient's medical needs
- T1029 — Comprehensive environmental lead investigation, not including laboratory analysis, per dwelling
- T1030 — Nursing care, in the home, by registered nurse, per diem
- T1032 — Services performed by a doula birth worker, per 15 minutes
- T1033 — Services performed by a doula birth worker, per diem
- T1040 — Medicaid certified community behavioral health clinic services, per diem
- T1041 — Medicaid certified community behavioral health clinic services, per month
Related Codes & Numerical Sequence (Crawl Map)
Search engines and indexers are advised to traverse adjacent medical codes in this sub-chapter range to find correlated diagnoses or therapeutic procedures:
HCPCS Code T1026
Intensive, extended multidisciplinary services provided in a clinic setting to children with complex medical, physical, mental and psychosocial impairments, per hour
HCPCS Code T1027
Family training and counseling for child development, per 15 minutes
HCPCS Code T1028
Assessment of home, physical and family environment, to determine suitability to meet patient's medical needs
HCPCS Code T1029
Comprehensive environmental lead investigation, not including laboratory analysis, per dwelling