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Official Description

Addition to lower extremity, socket insert, knee disarticulation (kemblo, pelite, aliplast, plastazote or equal)
Short Descr Socket insert knee articulat
Coverage Carrier Priced
Pricing Indicator(s) 38 – Supplies And Surgical Dressings - Orthotics, prosthetics, prosthetic devices & vision services (price subject to floors and ceilings)
MPI A – Not applicable, as HCPCS priced under one methodology
BETOS D1F – Prosthetic/Orthotic devices
TOS Code(s) P – Lump sum purchase of DME, prosthetics, orthotics
Added Date 1/1/1986
APC Status Indicator Service Paid under Fee Schedule or Payment System other than OPPS
MUE 0
MUE 2
OTS Orthotic No
CCS Clinical Classification 243 - DME and supplies
K2 Lower extremity prosthesis functional level 2 - has the ability or potential for ambulation with the ability to traverse low level environmental barriers such as curbs, stairs or uneven surfaces. typical of the limited community ambulator.
K3 Lower extremity prosthesis functional level 3 - has the ability or potential for ambulation with variable cadence. typical of the community ambulator who has the ability to transverse most environmental barriers and may have vocational, therapeutic, or exercise activity that demands prosthetic utilization beyond simple locomotion.
KX Requirements specified in the medical policy have been met
LT Left side (used to identify procedures performed on the left side of the body)
RT Right side (used to identify procedures performed on the right side of the body)
Date
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1986-01-01 Added Code added 1/1/1986
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