HCPCS Code Details - E0850

HCPCS Level II Code
Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
HCPCS Code E0850
Description

Long description:
Traction stand, free standing, cervical traction

Short description:
Traction stand free standing

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 D - Special coverage instructions apply
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 Jan 01, 1994
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 E0849 · Traction equipment, cervical, free-standing stand/frame, pneumatic, applying traction force to other than mandible

  • HCPCS E0880 · Traction stand, free standing, extremity traction

  • HCPCS E0900 · Traction stand, free standing, pelvic traction, (e.g., buck's)

  • HCPCS E0855 · Cervical traction equipment not requiring additional stand or frame


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”