HCPCS Code A6550
Wound care set, for negative pressure wound therapy electrical pump, includes all supplies and accessories
Transportation Services Including Ambulance, Medical & Surgical Supplies
A6550 is a valid 2024 HCPCS code for Wound care set, for negative pressure wound therapy electrical pump, includes all supplies and accessories or just “Neg pres wound ther drsg set” for short, used in Lump sum purchase of DME, prosthetics, orthotics.
| HCPCS Level II Code Transportation Services Including Ambulance, Medical & Surgical Supplies |
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| HCPCS Code | A6550 |
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| Description |
Long description:
Short description: |
| HCPCS Modifier1 | |
| HCPCS Pricing indicator |
34 - DME supplies (price subject to floors and ceilings)
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| Multiple pricing indicator |
A - Not applicable as HCPCS priced under one methodology
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| Coverage code | C - Carrier judgment |
| BETOS2 code | D1E - Other DME |
| HCPCS Action code | N - No maintenance for this code |
| Type of service | P - Lump sum purchase of DME, prosthetics, orthotics |
| Effective date | Effective Jan 01, 2006 |
| Date added | Added Jan 01, 2004 |
| 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
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HCPCS A6549 · Gradient compression garment, not otherwise specified
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HCPCS A6552 · Gradient compression stocking, below knee, 30-40 mmhg, each
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”
