E2104: Home blood glucose monitor for use with integrated lancing/blood sample testing cartridge
E2104 is a HCPCS Level II code for home blood glucose monitor for use with integrated lancing/blood sample testing cartridge. 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 E2104 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.
- 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 E2104
- Long descriptor
- Home blood glucose monitor for use with integrated lancing/blood sample testing cartridge
- Short descriptor
- Glucose monitor w cartridge
- Added
- April 1, 2024
- BETOS
- D1E
- Pricing indicator
- 32: 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.
Inexpensive and routinely purchased DME. Price subject to floors and ceilings.
Codes adjacent to E2104
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If E2104 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
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