E0620 — Skin piercing device for collection of capillary blood, laser, each
E0620 is a HCPCS Level II code for skin piercing device for collection of capillary blood, laser, each. It belongs to the Durable Medical Equipment section. Whether Medicare pays it depends on the coverage rule below.
Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment
Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.
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 E0620 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 2026Q3.
The CMS record for E0620
- Long descriptor
- Skin piercing device for collection of capillary blood, laser, each
- Short descriptor
- Cap bld skin piercing laser
- Added
- January 1, 2002
- 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 E0620
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If E0620 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- E0606Postural drainage board
- E0607Home blood glucose monitor
- E0610Pacemaker monitor, self-contained, (checks battery depletion, includes audible and visible check systems)
- E0615Pacemaker monitor, self contained, checks battery depletion and other pacemaker components, includes digital/visible check systems
- E0616Implantable cardiac event recorder with memory, activator and programmer
- E0617External defibrillator with integrated electrocardiogram analysis
- E0618Apnea monitor, without recording feature
- E0619Apnea monitor, with recording feature
- E0621Sling or seat, patient lift, canvas or nylon
- E0625Patient lift, bathroom or toilet, not otherwise classified
- E0627Seat lift mechanism, electric, any type
- E0628Separate seat lift mechanism for use with patient owned furniture-electricterminated
- E0629Seat lift mechanism, non-electric, any type
- E0630Patient lift, hydraulic or mechanical, includes any seat, sling, strap(s) or pad(s)
- E0635Patient lift, electric with seat or sling
- E0636Multipositional patient support system, with integrated lift, patient accessible controls
Questions about E0620
What is HCPCS code E0620?
E0620 is a HCPCS Level II code for skin piercing device for collection of capillary blood, laser, each. It sits in the Durable Medical Equipment section.
Does Medicare cover E0620?
The CMS HCPCS file marks E0620 as "Carrier judgment". Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.