C1713 — Anchor/screw for opposing bone-to-bone or soft tissue-to-bone (implantable)
C1713 is a HCPCS Level II code for anchor/screw for opposing bone-to-bone or soft tissue-to-bone (implantable). It belongs to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System 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 2026Q3-Jul. This states Medicare’s position on the code, not on your particular claim.
Medically Unlikely Edits — units per day
The most units of C1713 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
- 20 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Clinical: CMS Workgroup
- outpatient
- 20 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 2026Q3.
The CMS record for C1713
- Long descriptor
- Anchor/screw for opposing bone-to-bone or soft tissue-to-bone (implantable)
- Short descriptor
- Anchor/screw bn/bn,tis/bn
- Added
- April 1, 2001
- BETOS
- D1A
- Pricing indicator
- 53 — Other
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.
Statute.
Codes adjacent to C1713
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If C1713 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- C1602Orthopedic/device/drug matrix/absorbable bone void filler, antimicrobial-eluting (implantable)
- C1603Retrieval device, insertable, laser (used to retrieve intravascular inferior vena cava filter)
- C1604Graft, transmural transvenous arterial bypass (implantable), with all delivery system components
- C1605Pacemaker, leadless, dual chamber (right atrial and right ventricular implantable components), rate-responsive, including all necessary components for implantation
- C1606Adapter, single-use (i.e. disposable), for attaching ultrasound system to upper gastrointestinal endoscope
- C1607Neurostimulator, integrated (implantable), rechargeable with all implantable and external components including charging system
- C1608Prosthesis, total, dual mobility, first carpometacarpal joint (implantable)
- C1609Vertebral device, motion-preserving, with screw fixation
- C1714Catheter, transluminal atherectomy, directional
- C1715Brachytherapy needle
- C1716Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, gold-198, per source
- C1717Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, high dose rate iridium-192, per source
- C1719Brachytherapy source, non-stranded, non-high dose rate iridium-192, per source
- C1721Cardioverter-defibrillator, dual chamber (implantable)
- C1722Cardioverter-defibrillator, single chamber (implantable)
- C1724Catheter, transluminal atherectomy, rotational
Questions about C1713
What is HCPCS code C1713?
C1713 is a HCPCS Level II code for anchor/screw for opposing bone-to-bone or soft tissue-to-bone (implantable). It sits in the Outpatient Prospective Payment System section.
Does Medicare cover C1713?
The CMS HCPCS file marks C1713 as "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.