L3380: Clubfoot wedge
L3380 is a HCPCS Level II code for clubfoot wedge. It belongs to the Orthotic and Prosthetic Procedures and Devices 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 L3380 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
- 2 units MAI 2: Date of Service Edit: Policy · Anatomic Consideration
- DME supplier
- 2 units MAI 2: Date of Service Edit: Policy · Anatomic Consideration
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 L3380
- Long descriptor
- Clubfoot wedge
- Short descriptor
- Shoe clubfoot wedge
- Added
- January 1, 1982
- BETOS
- D1F
- 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 L3380
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If L3380 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- L3320Lift, elevation, heel and sole, cork, per inch
- L3330Lift, elevation, metal extension (skate)
- L3332Lift, elevation, inside shoe, tapered, up to one-half inch
- L3334Lift, elevation, heel, per inch
- L3340Heel wedge, sach
- L3350Heel wedge
- L3360Sole wedge, outside sole
- L3370Sole wedge, between sole
- L3390Outflare wedge
- L3400Metatarsal bar wedge, rocker
- L3410Metatarsal bar wedge, between sole
- L3420Full sole and heel wedge, between sole
- L3430Heel, counter, plastic reinforced
- L3440Heel, counter, leather reinforced
- L3450Heel, sach cushion type
- L3455Heel, new leather, standard