HCPCS Code Details - E0270

HCPCS Level II Code
Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
HCPCS Code E0270
Description

Long description:
Hospital bed, institutional type includes: oscillating, circulating and stryker frame, with mattress

Short description:
Hospital bed institutional t

HCPCS Modifier1
HCPCS Pricing indicator 00 - Physician Fee Schedule And Non-Physician Practitioners - Service not separately priced by part B (e.g., services not covered, bundled, used by Part A only, etc.)
Multiple pricing indicator 9 - Not applicable as HCPCS not priced separately by part B or value is not established
Coverage code M - Non-covered by Medicare
BETOS2 code D1B - Hospital beds
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service R - Rental of DME
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 1993
Date added Added Jan 01, 1986
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 E0266 · Hospital bed, total electric (head, foot and height adjustments), with any type side rails, without mattress

  • HCPCS E0271 · Mattress, innerspring


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”