A6610: Gradient compression stocking, below knee, 18-30 mmhg, custom, each
A6610 is a HCPCS Level II code for gradient compression stocking, below knee, 18-30 mmhg, custom, each. It belongs to the Transportation, Medical & Surgical Supplies, Administrative section. Whether Medicare pays it depends on the coverage rule below.
Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment
Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.
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 statusX
Statutory exclusion. The item or service is not within the statutory definition of 'physician services', so the fee schedule never pays it.
Global period: XXX
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Medically Unlikely Edits: units per day
The most units of A6610 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.
- DME supplier
- 6 units MAI 2: Date of Service Edit: Policy · 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 A6610
- Long descriptor
- Gradient compression stocking, below knee, 18-30 mmhg, custom, each
- Short descriptor
- G com stcking bk 18-30 custm
- Added
- January 1, 2024
- BETOS
- O1L
- Pricing indicator
- 40: 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.
Lymphedema compression treatment items, effective 1 January 2024.
Codes adjacent to A6610
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If A6610 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- A6602Gradient compression bandaging supply, high density foam roll for bandage, per linear yard, any width, each
- A6603Gradient compression bandaging supply, low density channel foam sheet, per 250 square centimeters, each
- A6604Gradient compression bandaging supply, low density flat foam sheet, per 250 square centimeters, each
- A6605Gradient compression bandaging supply, padded foam, per linear yard, any width, each
- A6606Gradient compression bandaging supply, padded textile, per linear yard, any width, each
- A6607Gradient compression bandaging supply, tubular protective absorption layer, per linear yard, any width, each
- A6608Gradient compression bandaging supply, tubular protective absorption padded layer, per linear yard, any width, each
- A6609Gradient compression bandaging supply, not otherwise specified
- A6611Gradient compression wrap with adjustable straps, above knee, each, custom
- A6614Supplies and accessories for use with an external ocular negative pressure pump, any type, per month
- A7000Canister, disposable, used with suction pump, each
- A7001Canister, non-disposable, used with suction pump, each
- A7002Tubing, used with suction pump, each
- A7003Administration set, with small volume nonfiltered pneumatic nebulizer, disposable
- A7004Small volume nonfiltered pneumatic nebulizer, disposable
- A7005Administration set, with small volume nonfiltered pneumatic nebulizer, non-disposable