E0575: Nebulizer, ultrasonic, large volume
E0575 is a HCPCS Level II code for nebulizer, ultrasonic, large volume. 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 E0575 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 3: Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Nature of Equipment
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 E0575
- Long descriptor
- Nebulizer, ultrasonic, large volume
- Short descriptor
- Nebulizer ultrasonic
- Added
- January 1, 1986
- BETOS
- D1E
- Pricing indicator
- 36: 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.
Capped rental DME. Price subject to floors and ceilings.
Codes adjacent to E0575
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If E0575 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- 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
- E0572Aerosol compressor, adjustable pressure, light duty for intermittent use
- E0574Ultrasonic/electronic aerosol generator with small volume nebulizer
- E0580Nebulizer, durable, glass or autoclavable plastic, bottle type, for use with regulator or flowmeter
- E0585Nebulizer, with compressor and heater
- E0600Respiratory suction pump, home model, portable or stationary, electric
- E0601Continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) device
- E0602Breast pump, manual, any type
- E0603Breast pump, electric (ac and/or dc), any type
- E0604Breast pump, hospital grade, electric (ac and / or dc), any type
- E0605Vaporizer, room type