HCPCS Code Details - L3649

HCPCS Level II Code
Orthotic and Prosthetic Procedures, Devices
HCPCS Code L3649
Description

Long description:
Orthopedic shoe, modification, addition or transfer, not otherwise specified

Short description:
Orthopedic shoe modifica nos

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 D - Special coverage instructions apply
BETOS2 code D1F - Prosthetic/Orthotic devices
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service P - Lump sum purchase of DME, prosthetics, orthotics
Effective date Effective Jan 01, 1999
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 L3640 · Transfer of an orthosis from one shoe to another, dennis browne splint (riveton), both shoes

  • HCPCS L3650 · Shoulder orthosis, figure of eight design abduction restrainer, prefabricated, off-the-shelf


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”