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DMEPOS Item Subject to DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program Number 5

Some competitively bid wheelchair accessories can be used with both competitively bid and non-competitively bid wheelchair base units.

Correct Use

  • Append when billing for competitively bid (Round 2 or subsequent Round) wheelchair accessories used with certain non-competitively bid wheelchair base units for beneficiaries residing in Round 2 (or subsequent Round) competitive bidding areas (CBAs)
  • Append to accessory code that is used with complex rehabilitative power wheelchair bases that are not Round 2 (or subsequent Round) competitive bid items, but were bid in Round 1 of the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program

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Last Updated Sep 30 , 2022