E0500: Ippb machine, all types, with built-in nebulization; manual or automatic valves; internal or external power source
E0500 is a HCPCS Level II code for ippb machine, all types, with built-in nebulization; manual or automatic valves; internal or external power source. 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 E0500 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
- 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 E0500
- Long descriptor
- Ippb machine, all types, with built-in nebulization; manual or automatic valves; internal or external power source
- Short descriptor
- Ippb all types
- Added
- January 1, 1986
- BETOS
- D1E
- Pricing indicator
- 31: 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.
Frequently serviced DME. Price subject to floors and ceilings.
Codes adjacent to E0500
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If E0500 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- E0484Oscillatory positive expiratory pressure device, non-electric, any type, each
- E0485Oral device/appliance used to reduce upper airway collapsibility, adjustable or non-adjustable, prefabricated, includes fitting and adjustment
- E0486Oral device/appliance used to reduce upper airway collapsibility, adjustable or non-adjustable, custom fabricated, includes fitting and adjustment
- E0487Spirometer, electronic, includes all accessories
- E0490Power source and control electronics unit for oral device/appliance for neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the tongue muscle, controlled by hardware remote
- E0491Oral device/appliance for neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the tongue muscle, used in conjunction with the power source and control electronics unit, controlled by hardware remote, 90-day supply
- E0492Power source and control electronics unit for oral device/appliance for neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the tongue muscle, controlled by phone application
- E0493Oral device/appliance for neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the tongue muscle, used in conjunction with the power source and control electronics unit, controlled by phone application, 90-day supply
- E0530Electronic positional obstructive sleep apnea treatment, with sensor, includes all components and accessories, any type
- E0550Humidifier, durable for extensive supplemental humidification during ippb treatments or oxygen delivery
- E0555Humidifier, durable, glass or autoclavable plastic bottle type, for use with regulator or flowmeter
- E0560Humidifier, durable for supplemental humidification during ippb treatment or oxygen delivery
- E0561Humidifier, non-heated, used with positive airway pressure device
- E0562Humidifier, heated, used with positive airway pressure device
- E0565Compressor, air power source for equipment which is not self-contained or cylinder driven
- E0570Nebulizer, with compressor