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Official Description

Bed side rails, full length
Short Descr Rails bed side full length
Coverage Special coverage instructions apply
Pricing Indicator(s) 32 – Supplies And Surgical Dressings - Inexpensive & routinely purchased DME (price subject to floors and ceilings)
MPI A – Not applicable, as HCPCS priced under one methodology
CIM 60-18
BETOS D1B – Hospital beds
TOS Code(s) A – Used durable medical equipment (DME)
Added Date 1/1/1986
APC Status Indicator Non-Implantable Durable Medical Equipment
MUE 0
MUE 2
IOM 100-03, 4, 280.7
OTS Orthotic No
CCS Clinical Classification 243 - DME and supplies
KX Requirements specified in the medical policy have been met
NU New equipment
RR Rental (use the 'rr' modifier when dme is to be rented)
BP The beneficiary has been informed of the purchase and rental options and has elected to purchase the item
CC Procedure code change (use 'cc' when the procedure code submitted was changed either for administrative reasons or because an incorrect code was filed)
GA Waiver of liability statement issued as required by payer policy, individual case
GW Service not related to the hospice patient's terminal condition
GY Item or service statutorily excluded, does not meet the definition of any medicare benefit or, for non-medicare insurers, is not a contract benefit
GZ Item or service expected to be denied as not reasonable and necessary
KJ Dmepos item, parenteral enteral nutrition (pen) pump or capped rental, months four to fifteen
KT Beneficiary resides in a competitive bidding area and travels outside that competitive bidding area and receives a competitive bid item
LT Left side (used to identify procedures performed on the left side of the body)
RA Replacement of a dme, orthotic or prosthetic item
RB Replacement of a part of a dme, orthotic or prosthetic item furnished as part of a repair
RT Right side (used to identify procedures performed on the right side of the body)
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1986-01-01 Added Code added 1/1/1986
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