HCPCS Code Details - E0849

HCPCS Level II Code
Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
HCPCS Code E0849
Description

Long description:
Traction equipment, cervical, free-standing stand/frame, pneumatic, applying traction force to other than mandible

Short description:
Cervical pneum trac equip

HCPCS Modifier1
HCPCS Pricing indicator 36 - Capped rental 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, 2014
Date added Added Jan 01, 2005
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 E0840 · Traction frame, attached to headboard, cervical traction

  • HCPCS E0850 · Traction stand, free standing, cervical traction


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”