HCPCS Code Details - K0838

HCPCS Level II Code
Durable Medical Equipment for Medicare Administrative Contractors (DME MACs)
HCPCS Code K0838
Description

Long description:
Power wheelchair, group 2 heavy duty, single power option, captains chair, patient weight capacity 301 to 450 pounds

Short description:
Pwc gp 2 hd sing pow opt cap

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 D1D - Wheelchairs
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service A - Used durable medical equipment (DME)
Effective date Effective Oct 01, 2006
Date added Added Oct 01, 2006
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 K0837 · Power wheelchair, group 2 heavy duty, single power option, sling/solid seat/back, patient weight capacity 301 to 450 pounds

  • HCPCS K0813 · Power wheelchair, group 1 standard, portable, sling/solid seat and back, patient weight capacity up to and including 300 pounds

  • HCPCS K0814 · Power wheelchair, group 1 standard, portable, captains chair, patient weight capacity up to and including 300 pounds

  • HCPCS K0815 · Power wheelchair, group 1 standard, sling/solid seat and back, patient weight capacity up to and including 300 pounds

  • HCPCS K0816 · Power wheelchair, group 1 standard, captains chair, patient weight capacity up to and including 300 pounds

  • HCPCS K0820 · Power wheelchair, group 2 standard, portable, sling/solid seat/back, patient weight capacity up to and including 300 pounds

  • HCPCS K0821 · Power wheelchair, group 2 standard, portable, captains chair, patient weight capacity up to and including 300 pounds

  • HCPCS K0822 · Power wheelchair, group 2 standard, sling/solid seat/back, patient weight capacity up to and including 300 pounds

  • HCPCS K0823 · Power wheelchair, group 2 standard, captains chair, patient weight capacity up to and including 300 pounds

  • HCPCS K0824 · Power wheelchair, group 2 heavy duty, sling/solid seat/back, patient weight capacity 301 to 450 pounds

  • HCPCS K0825 · Power wheelchair, group 2 heavy duty, captains chair, patient weight capacity 301 to 450 pounds

  • HCPCS K0826 · Power wheelchair, group 2 very heavy duty, sling/solid seat/back, patient weight capacity 451 to 600 pounds

  • HCPCS K0827 · Power wheelchair, group 2 very heavy duty, captains chair, patient weight capacity 451 to 600 pounds

  • HCPCS K0828 · Power wheelchair, group 2 extra heavy duty, sling/solid seat/back, patient weight capacity 601 pounds or more

  • HCPCS K0829 · Power wheelchair, group 2 extra heavy duty, captains chair, patient weight 601 pounds or more

  • HCPCS K0830 · Power wheelchair, group 2 standard, seat elevator, sling/solid seat/back, patient weight capacity up to and including 300 pounds

  • HCPCS K0839 · Power wheelchair, group 2 very heavy duty, single power option, sling/solid seat/back, patient weight capacity 451 to 600 pounds


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”