Codes

Wil Haines

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Title:

Codes

Creator:

Wil Haines

Date:

12/20/2004

Text:

Hello,

Following is a list of codes that I have stumbled onto. Does anyone knows
why these codes exist and for whom? These codes were found in the 2005
Medicare listing from CMS. Thanks for your help.

Wil Haines, CPO, LPO

S0395 00100 3 IMPRESSION CASTING OF A FOOT PERFORMED BY A PRACTITIONER OTHER
THAN THE MANUFACTURER OF THE ORTHOTIC
S1001 00100 3 DELUXE ITEM, PATIENT AWARE (LIST IN ADDITION TO CODE FOR BASIC
ITEM)
S1002 00100 3 CUSTOMIZED ITEM (LIST IN ADDITION TO CODE FOR BASIC ITEM)
S1040 00100 3 CRANIAL REMOLDING ORTHOSIS, RIGID, WITH SOFT INTERFACE
MATERIAL, CUSTOM FABRICATED, INCLUDES FITTING AND ADJUSTMENT(S)
S8420 00100 3 GRADIENT PRESSURE AID (SLEEVE AND GLOVE COMBINATION), CUSTOM
MADE
S8421 00100 3 GRADIENT PRESSURE AID (SLEEVE AND GLOVE COMBINATION), READY
MADE
S8422 00100 3 GRADIENT PRESSURE AID (SLEEVE), CUSTOM MADE, MEDIUM WEIGHT
S8423 00100 3 GRADIENT PRESSURE AID (SLEEVE), CUSTOM MADE, HEAVY WEIGHT
S8424 00100 3 GRADIENT PRESSURE AID (SLEEVE), READY MADE
S8425 00100 3 GRADIENT PRESSURE AID (GLOVE), CUSTOM MADE, MEDIUM WEIGHT
S8426 00100 3 GRADIENT PRESSURE AID (GLOVE), CUSTOM MADE, HEAVY WEIGHT
S8427 00100 3 GRADIENT PRESSURE AID (GLOVE), READY MADE
S8428 00100 3 GRADIENT PRESSURE AID (GAUNTLET), READY MADE
S8429 00100 3 GRADIENT PRESSURE EXTERIOR WRAP
S8433 00100 3 SKIN SUPPORT FOR BREAST PROSTHESIS, EACH
S8450 00100 3 SPLINT, PREFABRICATED, DIGIT (SPECIFY DIGIT BY USE OF
MODIFIER)
S8451 00100 3 SPLINT, PREFABRICATED, WRIST OR ANKLE
S8452 00100 3 SPLINT, PREFABRICATED, ELBOW
S8470 00100 3 POSITIONING DEVICE, STANDER, FOR USE BY PATIENT WHO IS UNABLE
TO STAND INDEPENDENTLY (E.G. CEREBRAL PALSY PATIENT)

                          

Citation

Wil Haines, “Codes,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/224007.