S3601: Emergency stat laboratory charge for patient who is homebound or residing in a nursing facility
S3601 is a HCPCS Level II code for emergency stat laboratory charge for patient who is homebound or residing in a nursing facility. It belongs to the Temporary National Codes (Non-Medicare) section. Medicare does not pay it: see the coverage note below before you bill it.
Medicare coverage: Not payable by Medicare
Medicare does not pay this code. It may still be valid for another payer, but a Medicare claim carrying it will not be reimbursed.
From the coverage field of the CMS Alpha-Numeric HCPCS File, release 2026Q4-Oct. This states Medicare’s position on the code, not on your particular claim.
Physician fee schedule statusI
Not valid for Medicare purposes. Medicare uses another code.
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The CMS record for S3601
- Long descriptor
- Emergency stat laboratory charge for patient who is homebound or residing in a nursing facility
- Short descriptor
- Stat lab home/nf
- Added
- January 1, 2002
- BETOS
- Z2
- Pricing indicator
- 00: Not priced by Part B
The official wording. This is what the code means.
CMS's 28-character form, which is what shows up on a remittance advice.
When CMS introduced the code.
Berenson-Eggers Type of Service: CMS's own analytic grouping.
Service not separately priced by Part B, not covered, bundled into another service, or used by Part A only.
Codes adjacent to S3601
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If S3601 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- S2404Repair, myelomeningocele in the fetus, procedure performed in utero
- S2405Repair of sacrococcygeal teratoma in the fetus, procedure performed in utero
- S2409Repair, congenital malformation of fetus, procedure performed in utero, not otherwise classified
- S2411Fetoscopic laser therapy for treatment of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome
- S2900Surgical techniques requiring use of robotic surgical system (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
- S3000Diabetic indicator; retinal eye exam, dilated, bilateral
- S3005Performance measurement, evaluation of patient self assessment, depression
- S3600Stat laboratory request (situations other than s3601)
- S3620Newborn metabolic screening panel, includes test kit, postage and the laboratory tests specified by the state for inclusion in this panel (e.g., galactose; hemoglobin, electrophoresis; hydroxyprogesterone, 17-d; phenylalanine (pku); and thyroxine, total)
- S3630Eosinophil count, blood, direct
- S3645Hiv-1 antibody testing of oral mucosal transudate
- S3650Saliva test, hormone level; during menopause
- S3652Saliva test, hormone level; to assess preterm labor risk
- S3655Antisperm antibodies test (immunobead)
- S3708Gastrointestinal fat absorption study
- S3721Prostate cancer antigen 3 (pca3) testingterminated