A6203: Composite dressing, sterile, pad size 16 sq. in. or less, with any size adhesive border, each dressing
A6203 is a HCPCS Level II code for composite dressing, sterile, pad size 16 sq. in. or less, with any size adhesive border, each dressing. 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 A6203 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
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 A6203
- Long descriptor
- Composite dressing, sterile, pad size 16 sq. in. or less, with any size adhesive border, each dressing
- Short descriptor
- Composite drsg <= 16 sq in
- Added
- January 1, 1997
- BETOS
- D1A
- Pricing indicator
- 35: 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.
Surgical dressings. Price subject to floors and ceilings.
Codes adjacent to A6203
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If A6203 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- A6023Collagen dressing, sterile, size more than 48 sq. in., each
- A6024Collagen dressing wound filler, sterile, per 6 inches
- A6025Gel sheet for dermal or epidermal application, (e.g., silicone, hydrogel, other), each
- A6154Wound pouch, each
- A6196Alginate or other fiber gelling dressing, wound cover, sterile, pad size 16 sq. in. or less, each dressing
- A6197Alginate or other fiber gelling dressing, wound cover, sterile, pad size more than 16 sq. in. but less than or equal to 48 sq. in., each dressing
- A6198Alginate or other fiber gelling dressing, wound cover, sterile, pad size more than 48 sq. in., each dressing
- A6199Alginate or other fiber gelling dressing, wound filler, sterile, per 6 inches
- A6204Composite dressing, sterile, pad size more than 16 sq. in. but less than or equal to 48 sq. in., with any size adhesive border, each dressing
- A6205Composite dressing, sterile, pad size more than 48 sq. in., with any size adhesive border, each dressing
- A6206Contact layer, sterile, 16 sq. in. or less, each dressing
- A6207Contact layer, sterile, more than 16 sq. in. but less than or equal to 48 sq. in., each dressing
- A6208Contact layer, sterile, more than 48 sq. in., each dressing
- A6209Foam dressing, wound cover, sterile, pad size 16 sq. in. or less, without adhesive border, each dressing
- A6210Foam dressing, wound cover, sterile, pad size more than 16 sq. in. but less than or equal to 48 sq. in., without adhesive border, each dressing
- A6211Foam dressing, wound cover, sterile, pad size more than 48 sq. in., without adhesive border, each dressing