HCPCS Code Details - K0746

HCPCS Level II Code
Durable Medical Equipment for Medicare Administrative Contractors (DME MACs)
HCPCS Code K0746
Description

Long description:
Absorptive wound dressing for use with suction pump, home model, portable, pad size greater than 48 square inches

Short description:
Absorp drg >48 suc pump

HCPCS Modifier1
HCPCS Pricing indicator 34 - DME supplies (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 S - Surgical dressings or other medical supplies
Effective date Effective Jul 01, 2011
Date added Added Jul 01, 2011
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 K0744 · Absorptive wound dressing for use with suction pump, home model, portable, pad size 16 square inches or less

  • HCPCS K0745 · Absorptive wound dressing for use with suction pump, home model, portable, pad size more than 16 square inches but less than or equal to 48 square inches

  • HCPCS K0800 · Power operated vehicle, group 1 standard, patient weight capacity up to and including 300 pounds


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”