HCPCS Code Details - E1089

HCPCS Level II Code
Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
HCPCS Code E1089
Description

Long description:
High strength lightweight wheelchair, fixed length arms, swing away detachable footrest

Short description:
Wheelchair lightwt fixed arm

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 I - Not payable by Medicare
BETOS2 code D1D - Wheelchairs
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service R - Rental of DME
Effective date Effective Apr 01, 2001
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 E1087 · High strength lightweight wheelchair, fixed full length arms, swing away detachable elevating leg rests

  • HCPCS E1088 · High strength lightweight wheelchair, detachable arms desk or full length, swing away detachable elevating leg rests

  • HCPCS E1090 · High strength lightweight wheelchair, detachable arms desk or full length, swing away detachable foot rests


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”