Durable Medical Equipment Coding System (DMECS)

HCPCS Code L1843 Details

Short Description: KO SINGLE UPRIGHT PRE CST

Long Description: KNEE ORTHOSIS, SINGLE UPRIGHT, THIGH AND CALF, WITH ADJUSTABLE FLEXION AND EXTENSION JOINT (UNICENTRIC OR POLYCENTRIC), MEDIAL-LATERAL AND ROTATION CONTROL, WITH OR WITHOUT VARUS/VALGUS ADJUSTMENT, PREFABRICATED ITEM THAT HAS BEEN TRIMMED, BENT, MOLDED, ASSEMBLED, OR OTHERWISE CUSTOMIZED TO FIT A SPECIFIC PATIENT BY AN INDIVIDUAL WITH EXPERTISE

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Product and Service Code(s): OR02 : ORTHOSES: PREFABRICATED (CUSTOM FITTED).

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Code History

Effective Date Type Notes
01/01/1998 Added to HCPCS Code Set
01/01/1998 Valid for DME MAC submission
01/01/2001 Long Description Change Old Long Description: - KO, SINGLE UPRIGHT, THIGH AND CALF, WITH ADJUSTABLE FLEXION AND EXTENSION JOINT, MEDIAL-LATERAL AND ROTATION CONTROL, CUSTOM FITTED
01/01/2003 Long Description Change Old Long Description: - KNEE ORTHOSIS, SINGLE UPRIGHT, THIGH AND CALF, WITH ADJUSTABLE FLEXION AND EXTENSION JOINT, MEDIAL-LATERAL AND ROTATION CONTROL, PREFABRICATED, INCLUDES FITTING AND ADJUSTMENT
01/01/2004 Long Description Change Old Long Description: - KNEE ORTHOSIS, SINGLE UPRIGHT, THIGH AND CALF, WITH ADJUSTABLE FLEXION AND EXTENSION JOINT, MEDIAL-LATERAL AND ROTATION CONTROL, INCLUDES VARUS/VALGUS ADJUSTMENT, PREFABRICATED, INCLUDES FITTING AND ADJUSTMENT
01/01/2006 Long Description Change Old Long Description: - KNEE ORTHOSIS, SINGLE UPRIGHT, THIGH AND CALF, WITH ADJUSTABLE FLEXION AND EXTENSION JOINT, MEDIAL-LATERAL AND ROTATION CONTROL, WITH OR WITHOUT VARUS/VALGUS ADJUSTMENT, PREFABRICATED, INCLUDES FITTING AND ADJUSTMENT
01/01/2014 Long Description Change Old Long Description: - KNEE ORTHOSIS, SINGLE UPRIGHT, THIGH AND CALF, WITH ADJUSTABLE FLEXION AND EXTENSION JOINT (UNICENTRIC OR POLYCENTRIC), MEDIAL-LATERAL AND ROTATION CONTROL, WITH OR WITHOUT VARUS/VALGUS ADJUSTMENT, PREFABRICATED, INCLUDES FITTING AND ADJUSTMENT

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