HCPCS Code Details - A6505

HCPCS Level II Code
Transportation Services Including Ambulance, Medical & Surgical Supplies
HCPCS Code A6505
Description

Long description:
Compression burn garment, glove to elbow, custom fabricated

Short description:
Cmprsburngarment glove-elbow

HCPCS Modifier1
HCPCS Pricing indicator 35 - Surgical dressings (price subject to floors and ceilings)
Multiple pricing indicator A - Not applicable as HCPCS priced under one methodology
Coverage code D - Special coverage instructions apply
BETOS2 code D1A - Medical/surgical supplies
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service S - Surgical dressings or other medical supplies
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 2003
Date added Added Jan 01, 2003
HCPCS Coding Procedures

HCPCS Modifiers

In HCPCS Level II, modifiers are composed of two alpha or alphanumeric characters.

Example: E0260-NU - Hospital bed, semi-electric (head and foot adjustment), with any type side rails, with mattress
NU” identifies the hospital bed as new equipment

See also

  • HCPCS A6501 · Compression burn garment, bodysuit (head to foot), custom fabricated

  • HCPCS A6502 · Compression burn garment, chin strap, custom fabricated

  • HCPCS A6503 · Compression burn garment, facial hood, custom fabricated

  • HCPCS A6504 · Compression burn garment, glove to wrist, custom fabricated

  • HCPCS A6506 · Compression burn garment, glove to axilla, custom fabricated

  • HCPCS A6507 · Compression burn garment, foot to knee length, custom fabricated

  • HCPCS A6508 · Compression burn garment, foot to thigh length, custom fabricated

  • HCPCS A6509 · Compression burn garment, upper trunk to waist including arm openings (vest), custom fabricated

  • HCPCS A6510 · Compression burn garment, trunk, including arms down to leg openings (leotard), custom fabricated

  • HCPCS A6511 · Compression burn garment, lower trunk including leg openings (panty), custom fabricated

  • HCPCS A6512 · Compression burn garment, not otherwise classified


1 Two-digit numeric codes are Level I code modifiers copyrighted© by the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT).

2 BETOS stands for “Berenson-Eggers Type Of Service”