E0152: Walker, battery powered, wheeled, folding, adjustable or fixed height
E0152 is a HCPCS Level II code for walker, battery powered, wheeled, folding, adjustable or fixed height. It belongs to the Durable Medical Equipment section. Medicare does not pay it: see the coverage note below before you bill it.
Medicare coverage: Not payable by Medicare
Medicare does not pay this code. It may still be valid for another payer, but a Medicare claim carrying it will not be reimbursed.
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.
Medically Unlikely Edits: units per day
The most units of E0152 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
- 1 unit MAI 2: Date of Service Edit: Policy · Code Descriptor / CPT Instruction
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 E0152
- Long descriptor
- Walker, battery powered, wheeled, folding, adjustable or fixed height
- Short descriptor
- Walker, battery power wheels
- Added
- April 1, 2024
- BETOS
- Z2
- Pricing indicator
- 00: Not priced by Part B
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.
Service not separately priced by Part B, not covered, bundled into another service, or used by Part A only.
Codes adjacent to E0152
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If E0152 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- E0140Walker, with trunk support, adjustable or fixed height, any type
- E0141Walker, rigid, wheeled, adjustable or fixed height
- E0143Walker, folding, wheeled, adjustable or fixed height
- E0144Walker, enclosed, four sided framed, rigid or folding, wheeled with posterior seat
- E0147Walker, heavy duty, multiple braking system, variable wheel resistance
- E0148Walker, heavy duty, without wheels, rigid or folding, any type, each
- E0149Walker, heavy duty, wheeled, rigid or folding, any type
- E0150Combination wheeled walker with seat and transport chair, folding, adjustable or fixed height
- E0153Platform attachment, forearm crutch, each
- E0154Platform attachment, walker, each
- E0155Wheel attachment, rigid pick-up walker, per pair
- E0156Seat attachment, walker
- E0157Crutch attachment, walker, each
- E0158Leg extensions for walker, per set of four (4)
- E0159Brake attachment for wheeled walker, replacement, each
- E0160Sitz type bath or equipment, portable, used with or without commode