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CMS Transportation Indicator

The CMS Ambulance Fee Schedule Transportation and Air Medical Transportation Indicators are used to better describe why it was necessary for the patient to be transported in a particular way or circumstance.

PaymentCodedValue0:MOptional

Validation Rules

No validation rules reference this element

Allowed Values

Code	Label
C1	Interfacility Transport (Requires Higher level of care)
C2	Interfacility Transport (service not available)
C3	Emergency Trauma Dispatch Condition Code (Major Incident or Mechanism of Injury)
C4	Medically Necessary Transport (Facility on Divert or Services Unavailable)
C5	BLS Transport of ALS Patient (ALS not available)
C6	ALS Response (Based on Dispatch Info) to BLS Patient (Condition)
C7	IV Medications required en route (ALS)
D1	Long Distance-patient's condition requires rapid transportation over a long distance
D2	Rare Circumstances, Traffic Patterns Precludes Ground Transport
D3	Time to the closest appropriate hospital due to the patient's condition precludes ground transport; maximize clinical benefits
D4	Pick up Point not Accessible by Ground Transport