A4400: Ostomy irrigation set
A4400 is a HCPCS Level II code for ostomy irrigation set. 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 A4400 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
- 0, never payable MAI 3: Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Published Contractor Policy
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 A4400
- Long descriptor
- Ostomy irrigation set
- Short descriptor
- Ostomy irrigation set
- Added
- January 1, 1982
- BETOS
- D1F
- Pricing indicator
- 37: 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.
Ostomy, tracheostomy and urological supplies. Price subject to floors and ceilings.
Codes adjacent to A4400
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If A4400 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- A4392Ostomy pouch, urinary, with standard wear barrier attached, with built-in convexity (1 piece), each
- A4393Ostomy pouch, urinary, with extended wear barrier attached, with built-in convexity (1 piece), each
- A4394Ostomy deodorant, with or without lubricant, for use in ostomy pouch, per fluid ounce
- A4395Ostomy deodorant for use in ostomy pouch, solid, per tablet
- A4396Ostomy belt with peristomal hernia support
- A4397Irrigation supply; sleeve, eachterminated
- A4398Ostomy irrigation supply; bag, each
- A4399Ostomy irrigation supply; cone/catheter, with or without brush
- A4402Lubricant, per ounce
- A4404Ostomy ring, each
- A4405Ostomy skin barrier, non-pectin based, paste, per ounce
- A4406Ostomy skin barrier, pectin-based, paste, per ounce
- A4407Ostomy skin barrier, with flange (solid, flexible, or accordion), extended wear, with built-in convexity, 4 x 4 inches or smaller, each
- A4408Ostomy skin barrier, with flange (solid, flexible or accordion), extended wear, with built-in convexity, larger than 4 x 4 inches, each
- A4409Ostomy skin barrier, with flange (solid, flexible or accordion), extended wear, without built-in convexity, 4 x 4 inches or smaller, each
- A4410Ostomy skin barrier, with flange (solid, flexible or accordion), extended wear, without built-in convexity, larger than 4 x 4 inches, each