HCPCS Code Details - K0601

HCPCS Level II Code
Durable Medical Equipment for Medicare Administrative Contractors (DME MACs)
HCPCS Code K0601
Description

Long description:
Replacement battery for external infusion pump owned by patient, silver oxide, 1.5 volt, each

Short description:
Repl batt silver oxide 1.5 v

HCPCS Modifier1
HCPCS Pricing indicator 32 - Inexpensive & routinely purchased DME (price subject to floors and ceilings)
Multiple pricing indicator A - Not applicable as HCPCS priced under one methodology
Coverage code C - Carrier judgment
BETOS2 code D1E - Other DME
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service A - Used durable medical equipment (DME)
Effective date Effective Apr 01, 2003
Date added Added Apr 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 K0554 · Receiver (monitor), dedicated, for use with therapeutic glucose continuous monitor system

  • HCPCS A4602 · Replacement battery for external infusion pump owned by patient, lithium, 1.5 volt, each

  • HCPCS A4638 · Replacement battery for patient-owned ear pulse generator, each

  • HCPCS K0602 · Replacement battery for external infusion pump owned by patient, silver oxide, 3 volt, each

  • HCPCS K0603 · Replacement battery for external infusion pump owned by patient, alkaline, 1.5 volt, each

  • HCPCS K0604 · Replacement battery for external infusion pump owned by patient, lithium, 3.6 volt, each

  • HCPCS K0605 · Replacement battery for external infusion pump owned by patient, lithium, 4.5 volt, each

  • HCPCS K0607 · Replacement battery for automated external defibrillator, garment type only, 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”