A4265: Paraffin, per pound
A4265 is a HCPCS Level II code for paraffin, per pound. 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 statusP
Bundled or excluded. No RVUs and no payment: either bundled into another service or paid under a different provision of the Act.
Global period: XXX
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Medically Unlikely Edits: units per day
The most units of A4265 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
- 1 unit MAI 3: Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Clinical: CMS Workgroup
- DME supplier
- 6 units MAI 3: Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Clinical: Data
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 A4265
- Long descriptor
- Paraffin, per pound
- Short descriptor
- Paraffin
- Added
- January 1, 1986
- BETOS
- D1E
- Pricing indicator
- 34: DMEPOS
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.
DME supplies. Price subject to floors and ceilings.
Codes adjacent to A4265
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If A4265 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
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- A4258Spring-powered device for lancet, each
- A4259Lancets, per box of 100
- A4261Cervical cap for contraceptive use
- A4262Temporary, absorbable lacrimal duct implant, each
- A4263Permanent, long term, non-dissolvable lacrimal duct implant, each
- A4264Permanent implantable contraceptive intratubal occlusion device(s) and delivery system
- A4266Diaphragm for contraceptive use
- A4267Contraceptive supply, condom, male, each
- A4268Contraceptive supply, condom, female, each
- A4269Contraceptive supply, spermicide (e.g., foam, gel), each
- A4270Disposable endoscope sheath, each
- A4271Integrated lancing and blood sample testing cartridges for home blood glucose monitor, per 50 tests
- A4280Adhesive skin support attachment for use with external breast prosthesis, each
- A4281Tubing for breast pump, replacement