HCPCS Code Details - L6900

HCPCS Level II Code
Orthotic and Prosthetic Procedures, Devices
HCPCS Code L6900
Description

Long description:
Hand restoration (casts, shading and measurements included), partial hand, with glove, thumb or one finger remaining

Short description:
Hand restorat thumb/1 finger

HCPCS Modifier1
HCPCS Pricing indicator 38 - Orthotics, prosthetics, prosthetic devices & vision services (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 D1F - Prosthetic/Orthotic devices
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, 1996
Date added Added Jan 01, 1982
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 L6895 · Addition to upper extremity prosthesis, glove for terminal device, any material, custom fabricated

  • HCPCS L6905 · Hand restoration (casts, shading and measurements included), partial hand, with glove, multiple fingers remaining

  • HCPCS L6910 · Hand restoration (casts, shading and measurements included), partial hand, with glove, no fingers remaining


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”