L5637 – Addition to lower extremity, below knee, total contact

Long description

Addition to lower extremity, below knee, total contact

Short description

Below knee total contact

Pricing indicator

38 Orthotics, prosthetics, prosthetic devices & vision services

Medicare coverage

C Carrier judgment – coverage decided by the Medicare contractor

BETOS category

D1F Prosthetic/Orthotic devices

Added

January 1, 1989

Last change

January 1, 1996 – No change

Nearby L codes

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• L5634 – Addition to lower extremity, symes type, posterior opening (canadian) socket
• L5636 – Addition to lower extremity, symes type, medial opening socket
• L5638 – Addition to lower extremity, below knee, leather socket
• L5639 – Addition to lower extremity, below knee, wood socket
• L5640 – Addition to lower extremity, knee disarticulation, leather socket
• L5642 – Addition to lower extremity, above knee, leather socket
• L5643 – Addition to lower extremity, hip disarticulation, flexible inner socket, external frame
• L5644 – Addition to lower extremity, above knee, wood socket
• L5645 – Addition to lower extremity, below knee, flexible inner socket, external frame
• L5646 – Addition to lower extremity, below knee, air, fluid, gel or equal, cushion socket