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Manual Wheelchairs

The Standard Written Order (SWO) requirements are in effect for dates of service January 1, 2020 and after.
Refer to the SWO page for the elements needed in this streamlined order.

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ADMC (Review Type)
  • Manual wheelchairs described by HCPCS E1161, E1231 - E1234, K0005, K0008, and K0009 are eligible for ADMC
Criteria C (Review Type)
  • For manual wheelchairs, a home assessment may be provided directly, by visiting beneficiary's home, or indirectly, based upon information provided by beneficiary or his/her designee. When a home assessment is based upon indirectly obtained information, supplier must, at time of delivery, verify that item delivered meets requirements specified in criterion C. Issues such as physical layout of home, surfaces to be traversed and obstacles must be addressed by and documented in home assessment
KU Modifier The KU modifier is used for certain wheelchair accessories and seat back cushions used with complex rehabilitative manual wheelchairs and certain manual wheelchairs. The impacted accessories and wheelchair codes include K0005, E1161, E1231-E1238 and K0008. The use of this modifier started with claims submitted on July 6, 2020 for dates of service from January 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021 and per MM12345 continues for dates of service July 1, 2021.
RT/LT Modifiers Effective for claims with dates of service (DOS) on/after 3/1/2019, suppliers must bill each item on two separate claim lines using the RT and LT modifiers and 1 UOS on each claim line. Claim lines for HCPCS codes requiring use of the RT and LT modifiers, billed without the RT and/or LT modifiers or with the RTLT on a single claim line, will be rejected as incorrect coding. See Correct Coding - RT and LT Modifier Usage Change for more information

 

Last Updated Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:15:02 +0000

The below are topic specific articles which have been published to "Latest Updates" and sent out in Noridian emails within the past two years. Exclusions to this include time sensitive related announcements such as: Noridian and CMS educational events, Ask-the-Contractor Teleconferences and claims processing downtime.

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Policy Article Revisions Summary for May 27, 2021 05/27/2021
The Wheelchair Cushion Lookup Tool is Now Available 11/30/2020
Policy Article Revisions Summary for October 8, 2020 10/08/2020
Using the KU Modifier for Wheelchair Accessories and Seat Back Cushions starting July 6, 2020 06/10/2020
Mobility Assist Equipment (MAE) DME on Demands 05/11/2020
Manual Wheelchair Targeted Probe and Educate Review Updates: April - June 2019 10/22/2019
HCPCS E1028: Accessory HCPCS Required for Dates of Service on/after March 1, 2020 10/17/2019
Manual Wheelchair Targeted Probe and Educate Review Updates: January - March 2019 06/27/2019