E1083: Hemi-wheelchair, fixed full length arms, swing away detachable elevating leg rest
E1083 is a HCPCS Level II code for hemi-wheelchair, fixed full length arms, swing away detachable elevating leg rest. 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 E1083 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 E1083
- Long descriptor
- Hemi-wheelchair, fixed full length arms, swing away detachable elevating leg rest
- Short descriptor
- Hemi-wheelchair fixed arms
- Added
- January 1, 1986
- BETOS
- D1D
- 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 E1083
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If E1083 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- E1035Multi-positional patient transfer system, with integrated seat, operated by care giver, patient weight capacity up to and including 300 lbs
- E1036Multi-positional patient transfer system, extra-wide, with integrated seat, operated by caregiver, patient weight capacity greater than 300 lbs
- E1037Transport chair, pediatric size
- E1038Transport chair, adult size, patient weight capacity up to and including 300 pounds
- E1039Transport chair, adult size, heavy duty, patient weight capacity greater than 300 pounds
- E1050Fully-reclining wheelchair, fixed full length arms, swing away detachable elevating leg rests
- E1060Fully-reclining wheelchair, detachable arms, desk or full length, swing away detachable elevating legrests
- E1070Fully-reclining wheelchair, detachable arms (desk or full length) swing away detachable footrest
- E1084Hemi-wheelchair, detachable arms desk or full length arms, swing away detachable elevating leg rests
- E1085Hemi-wheelchair, fixed full length arms, swing away detachable foot rests
- E1086Hemi-wheelchair detachable arms desk or full length, swing away detachable footrests
- E1087High strength lightweight wheelchair, fixed full length arms, swing away detachable elevating leg rests
- E1088High strength lightweight wheelchair, detachable arms desk or full length, swing away detachable elevating leg rests
- E1089High strength lightweight wheelchair, fixed length arms, swing away detachable footrest
- E1090High strength lightweight wheelchair, detachable arms desk or full length, swing away detachable foot rests
- E1092Wide heavy duty wheel chair, detachable arms (desk or full length), swing away detachable elevating leg rests