E1399 — Durable medical equipment, miscellaneous
E1399 is a HCPCS Level II code for durable medical equipment, miscellaneous. 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 E1399 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
- 1 unit MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Clinical: CMS Workgroup
- outpatient
- 0 — never payable MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · CMS Policy
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 E1399
- Long descriptor
- Durable medical equipment, miscellaneous
- Short descriptor
- Durable medical equipment mi
- Added
- January 1, 1986
- BETOS
- D1E
- Pricing indicator
- 46 — 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.
Carrier priced — not otherwise classified, individual determination, carrier discretion, or gap-filled amounts.
Codes adjacent to E1399
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If E1399 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- E1355Stand/rack
- E1356Oxygen accessory, battery pack/cartridge for portable concentrator, any type, replacement only, each
- E1357Oxygen accessory, battery charger for portable concentrator, any type, replacement only, each
- E1358Oxygen accessory, dc power adapter for portable concentrator, any type, replacement only, each
- E1372Immersion external heater for nebulizer
- E1390Oxygen concentrator, single delivery port, capable of delivering 85 percent or greater oxygen concentration at the prescribed flow rate
- E1391Oxygen concentrator, dual delivery port, capable of delivering 85 percent or greater oxygen concentration at the prescribed flow rate, each
- E1392Portable oxygen concentrator, rental
- E1405Oxygen and water vapor enriching system with heated delivery
- E1406Oxygen and water vapor enriching system without heated delivery
- E1500Centrifuge, for dialysis
- E1510Kidney, dialysate delivery syst kidney machine, pump recirculating, air removal syst, flowrate meter, power off, heater and temperature control with alarm, i.v. poles, pressure gauge, concentrate container
- E1520Heparin infusion pump for hemodialysis
- E1530Air bubble detector for hemodialysis, each, replacement
- E1540Pressure alarm for hemodialysis, each, replacement
- E1550Bath conductivity meter for hemodialysis, each
Questions about E1399
What is HCPCS code E1399?
E1399 is a HCPCS Level II code for durable medical equipment, miscellaneous. It sits in the Durable Medical Equipment section.
Does Medicare cover E1399?
The CMS HCPCS file marks E1399 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.