E1699: Dialysis equipment, not otherwise specified
E1699 is a HCPCS Level II code for dialysis equipment, not otherwise specified. 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 E1699 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
- 1 unit MAI 3: Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Clinical: CMS Workgroup
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 E1699
- Long descriptor
- Dialysis equipment, not otherwise specified
- Short descriptor
- Dialysis equipment noc
- Added
- January 1, 1986
- BETOS
- P9B
- 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 E1699
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If E1699 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- E1629Tablo hemodialysis system for the billable dialysis service
- E1630Reciprocating peritoneal dialysis system
- E1632Wearable artificial kidney, each
- E1634Peritoneal dialysis clamps, each
- E1635Compact (portable) travel hemodialyzer system
- E1636Sorbent cartridges, for hemodialysis, per 10
- E1637Hemostats, each
- E1639Scale, each
- E1700Jaw motion rehabilitation system
- E1701Replacement cushions for jaw motion rehabilitation system, pkg. of 6
- E1702Replacement measuring scales for jaw motion rehabilitation system, pkg. of 200
- E1800Dynamic adjustable elbow extension and flexion device, includes soft interface material
- E1801Static progressive stretch/patient actualized serial stretch elbow device, extension and/or flexion, with or without range of motion adjustment, includes all components and accessories
- E1802Dynamic adjustable forearm pronation/supination device, includes soft interface material
- E1803Dynamic adjustable elbow extension only device, includes soft interface material
- E1804Dynamic adjustable elbow flexion only device, includes soft interface material