E0635 — Patient lift, electric with seat or sling
E0635 is a HCPCS Level II code for patient lift, electric with seat or sling. 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 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 E0635 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 E0635
- Long descriptor
- Patient lift, electric with seat or sling
- Short descriptor
- Patient lift electric
- 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 E0635
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If E0635 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- E0619Apnea monitor, with recording feature
- E0620Skin piercing device for collection of capillary blood, laser, each
- 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)
- E0636Multipositional patient support system, with integrated lift, patient accessible controls
- E0637Combination sit to stand frame/table system, any size including pediatric, with seat lift feature, with or without wheels
- E0638Standing frame/table system, one position (e.g., upright, supine or prone stander), any size including pediatric, with or without wheels
- E0639Patient lift, moveable from room to room with disassembly and reassembly, includes all components/accessories
- E0640Patient lift, fixed system, includes all components/accessories
- E0641Standing frame/table system, multi-position (e.g., three-way stander), any size including pediatric, with or without wheels
- E0642Standing frame/table system, mobile (dynamic stander), any size including pediatric
- E0650Pneumatic compressor, non-segmental home model
Questions about E0635
What is HCPCS code E0635?
E0635 is a HCPCS Level II code for patient lift, electric with seat or sling. It sits in the Durable Medical Equipment section.
Does Medicare cover E0635?
The CMS HCPCS file marks E0635 as "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.