Power wheelchair, group 4 standard, single power option, captains chair, patient weight capacity up to and including 300 pounds
Durable Medical Equipment for Medicare Administrative Contractors (DME MACs)
K0878 is a valid 2024 HCPCS code for Power wheelchair, group 4 standard, single power option, captains chair, patient weight capacity up to and including 300 pounds or just “Pwc gp4 std sing pow opt cap” for short, used in Used durable medical equipment (DME).
HCPCS Level II Code Durable Medical Equipment for Medicare Administrative Contractors (DME MACs) |
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HCPCS Code | K0878 |
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Description |
Long description:
Short description: |
HCPCS Modifier1 | |
HCPCS Pricing indicator |
36 - Capped rental DME (price subject to floors and ceilings)
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Multiple pricing indicator |
A - Not applicable as HCPCS priced under one methodology
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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 |
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
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”