E0190: Positioning cushion/pillow/wedge, any shape or size, includes all components and accessories
E0190 is a HCPCS Level II code for positioning cushion/pillow/wedge, any shape or size, includes all components and accessories. It belongs to the Durable Medical Equipment 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.
Medically Unlikely Edits: units per day
The most units of E0190 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
- 0, never payable MAI 3: Date of Service Edit: Clinical · CMS Policy
- DME supplier
- 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 E0190
- Long descriptor
- Positioning cushion/pillow/wedge, any shape or size, includes all components and accessories
- Short descriptor
- Positioning cushion
- Added
- January 1, 2004
- BETOS
- D1E
- 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 E0190
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If E0190 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- E0182Pump for alternating pressure pad, for replacement only
- E0183Powered pressure reducing underlay/pad, alternating, with pump, includes heavy duty
- E0184Dry pressure mattress
- E0185Gel or gel-like pressure pad for mattress, standard mattress length and width
- E0186Air pressure mattress
- E0187Water pressure mattress
- E0188Synthetic sheepskin pad
- E0189Lambswool sheepskin pad, any size
- E0191Heel or elbow protector, each
- E0193Powered air flotation bed (low air loss therapy)
- E0194Air fluidized bed
- E0196Gel pressure mattress
- E0197Air pressure pad for mattress, standard mattress length and width
- E0198Water pressure pad for mattress, standard mattress length and width
- E0199Dry pressure pad for mattress, standard mattress length and width
- E0200Heat lamp, without stand (table model), includes bulb, or infrared element