E8001 — Gait trainer, pediatric size, upright support, includes all accessories and components
E8001 is a HCPCS Level II code for gait trainer, pediatric size, upright support, includes all accessories and components. It belongs to the Durable Medical Equipment section. Medicare does not pay it — see the coverage note below before you bill it.
Medicare coverage: Not payable by Medicare
Medicare does not pay this code. It may still be valid for another payer, but a Medicare claim carrying it will not be reimbursed.
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 E8001 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
- 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 E8001
- Long descriptor
- Gait trainer, pediatric size, upright support, includes all accessories and components
- Short descriptor
- Upright gait trainer
- Added
- January 1, 2005
- 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 E8001
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If E8001 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- E2629Wheelchair accessory, shoulder elbow, mobile arm support attached to wheelchair, balanced, friction arm support (friction dampening to proximal and distal joints)
- E2630Wheelchair accessory, shoulder elbow, mobile arm support, monosuspension arm and hand support, overhead elbow forearm hand sling support, yoke type suspension support
- E2631Wheelchair accessory, addition to mobile arm support, elevating proximal arm
- E2632Wheelchair accessory, addition to mobile arm support, offset or lateral rocker arm with elastic balance control
- E2633Wheelchair accessory, addition to mobile arm support, supinator
- E3000Speech volume modulation system, any type, including all components and accessories
- E3200Gait modulation system, rhythmic auditory stimulation, including restricted therapy software, all components and accessories, prescription only
- E8000Gait trainer, pediatric size, posterior support, includes all accessories and components
- E8002Gait trainer, pediatric size, anterior support, includes all accessories and components
- G0008Administration of influenza virus vaccine
- G0009Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
- G0010Administration of hepatitis b vaccine
- G0011Individual counseling for pre-exposure prophylaxis (prep) by physician or qualified health care professional (qhp) to prevent human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), includes hiv risk assessment (initial or continued assessment of risk), hiv risk reduction and medication adherence, 15-30 minutes
- G0012Injection of pre-exposure prophylaxis (prep) drug for hiv prevention, under skin or into muscle
- G0013Individual counseling for pre-exposure prophylaxis (prep) by clinical staff to prevent human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), includes: hiv risk assessment (initial or continued assessment of risk), hiv risk reduction and medication adherence
- G0017Psychotherapy for crisis furnished in an applicable site of service (any place of service at which the non-facility rate for psychotherapy for crisis services applies, other than the office setting); first 60 minutes
Questions about E8001
What is HCPCS code E8001?
E8001 is a HCPCS Level II code for gait trainer, pediatric size, upright support, includes all accessories and components. It sits in the Durable Medical Equipment section.
Does Medicare cover E8001?
The CMS HCPCS file marks E8001 as "Not payable by Medicare". Medicare does not pay this code. It may still be valid for another payer, but a Medicare claim carrying it will not be reimbursed.