A4262: Temporary, absorbable lacrimal duct implant, each
A4262 is a HCPCS Level II code for temporary, absorbable lacrimal duct implant, each. It belongs to the Transportation, Medical & Surgical Supplies, Administrative section. Whether Medicare pays it depends on the coverage rule below.
Medicare coverage: Special coverage instructions apply
There are published conditions attached to this code. Check the applicable coverage policy before billing it: the code being valid is not the same as the service being covered.
From the coverage field of the CMS Alpha-Numeric HCPCS File, release 2026Q4-Oct. This states Medicare’s position on the code, not on your particular claim.
Physician fee schedule statusB
Bundled code. Payment is always bundled into another service. CMS: 'If RVUs are shown, they are not used for Medicare payment.'
Global period: XXX
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Medically Unlikely Edits: units per day
The most units of A4262 Medicare will pay on one date of service. Bill more on a single line and it is denied. The limit is not the same in every setting, so the row that matters is the one matching the claim you are building.
- practitioner
- 0, never payable MAI 3: Date of Service Edit: Clinical · CMS Policy
- outpatient
- 4 units MAI 2: Date of Service Edit: Policy · Anatomic Consideration
The adjudication indicator decides whether exceeding the limit is worth appealing at all: MAI 1 is a line edit you can support with documentation, MAI 3 is a date-of-service edit that is also appealable, and MAI 2 is absolute, no documentation overrides it. CMS MUE 2026Q4.
The CMS record for A4262
- Long descriptor
- Temporary, absorbable lacrimal duct implant, each
- Short descriptor
- Temporary tear duct plug
- Added
- January 1, 1994
- BETOS
- D1A
- Pricing indicator
- 00: Not priced by Part B
The official wording. This is what the code means.
CMS's 28-character form, which is what shows up on a remittance advice.
When CMS introduced the code.
Berenson-Eggers Type of Service: CMS's own analytic grouping.
Service not separately priced by Part B, not covered, bundled into another service, or used by Part A only.
Codes adjacent to A4262
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If A4262 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
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