E0765: Fda approved nerve stimulator, for treatment of nausea and vomiting
E0765 is a HCPCS Level II code for fda approved nerve stimulator, for treatment of nausea and vomiting. It belongs to the Durable Medical Equipment section. Medicare does not pay it: see the coverage note below before you bill it.
Medicare coverage: Non-covered by statute
Excluded from coverage by the Social Security Act itself, not by a policy decision. No documentation and no appeal changes this one: an ABN is the relevant conversation.
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 E0765 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 E0765
- Long descriptor
- Fda approved nerve stimulator, for treatment of nausea and vomiting
- Short descriptor
- Nerve stimulator for tx n&v
- Added
- January 1, 2001
- BETOS
- Z2
- 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 E0765
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If E0765 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- E0747Osteogenesis stimulator, electrical, non-invasive, other than spinal applications
- E0748Osteogenesis stimulator, electrical, non-invasive, spinal applications
- E0749Osteogenesis stimulator, electrical, surgically implanted
- E0755Electronic salivary reflex stimulator (intra-oral/non-invasive)
- E0760Osteogenesis stimulator, low intensity ultrasound, non-invasive
- E0761Non-thermal pulsed high frequency radiowaves, high peak power electromagnetic energy treatment device
- E0762Transcutaneous electrical joint stimulation device system, includes all accessories
- E0764Functional neuromuscular stimulation, transcutaneous stimulation of sequential muscle groups of ambulation with computer control, used for walking by spinal cord injured, entire system, after completion of training program
- E0766Electrical stimulation device used for cancer treatment, includes all accessories, any type
- E0767Intrabuccal, systemic delivery of amplitude-modulated, radiofrequency electromagnetic field device, for cancer treatment, includes all accessories
- E0769Electrical stimulation or electromagnetic wound treatment device, not otherwise classified
- E0770Functional electrical stimulator, transcutaneous stimulation of nerve and/or muscle groups, any type, complete system, not otherwise specified
- E0776Iv pole
- E0779Ambulatory infusion pump, mechanical, reusable, for infusion 8 hours or greater
- E0780Ambulatory infusion pump, mechanical, reusable, for infusion less than 8 hours
- E0781Ambulatory infusion pump, single or multiple channels, electric or battery operated, with administrative equipment, worn by patient