Medicare Claims Processing Manual (Pub. 100-04), Ch. 23 § 50.2
Institutional Claim Record Layout for the Durable Medical Equipment,
50.2 - Institutional Claim Record Layout for the Durable Medical Equipment,
Prosthetic, Orthotic and Supply Fee Schedule
(Rev. 3350, Issued: 09-11-15, Effective: 01-01-16, Implementation: 01-04-16)
This file contains services subject to national Floors and Ceilings under the DMEPOS Fee Schedules
including Surgical Dressings. The CMS will provide the specific file names when the prices are released.
The file name will contain the label DMEPOS.
Record Length
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60
Record Format
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FB
Block Size
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6000
Character Code
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EBCDIC
Sort Sequence
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Label, HCPCS Code, MOD, State
Data Element Name
Picture
Location
Comment
1-HCPCS
X(05)
1 - 5
2-MOD
X(02)
6 – 7
3-MOD 2
X(02)
8 – 9
4-Fee Schedule Amt
9(05)V99 10 – 16
5-Filler
X(01)
17
6-Rural Fee Amt
9(05)v99
18 – 24
7-Filler
X(01)
25
8-Rural Fee indicator
X(01)
26-
R = Rural Fee is present
9-Filler
X(04)
27-30
10-State
X(02)
31 - 32
11-Filler
X(05)
33 - 37
12-*Label*
X(3)
38 - 40
DME = Durable Medical Equipment
(other than oxygen)
OXY = Oxygen
P/O = Prosthetic/Orthotic
S/D = Surgical Dressings
13-Filler
X(4)
41 - 44
14-*Pricing Change
Indicator
X(1)
45 - 45
0 = No change to Update Fee Schedule
Amount since previous release
1 = A change has occurred to the
Update Fee Schedule Amount since the
previous release.
NOTE: In the initial release of the
annual update, this field is initialized to
>0’
15-Filler
X(02)
46 – 47
16-Effective Date
X(08)
48 – 55
Update effective date (YYYYMMDD)
17-Filler
X(05)
56 – 60