L1833
Knee orthosis, adjustable knee joints (unicentric or polycentric), positional orthosis, rigid support, prefabricated, off-the shelf1
active · OTS Knee
This is a summary page. It covers the descriptor, the governing policy and the headline rules. The coverage criteria, documentation requirements and fee detail have not yet been read against the governing LCD in full.
At a glance
Medicare baseline
From the October 2026 DMEPOS fee schedule, file DME26-D, effective October 1, 2026. Each amount is the per-state figure CMS labels as used for pricing claims, and jurisdictions that share an amount share a row. The first row is the amount most jurisdictions share; a jurisdiction not named in another non-rural row is in it.
This code also has a separate amount for rural ZIP codes, in the rows that start "Rural ZIP codes in"; the rows before them are the non-rural amounts. The file gives no rural amount for the jurisdictions the rural rows do not name.
| Jurisdiction | Medicare allowable |
|---|---|
| 12 states | $556.31 |
| Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas and Washington | $455.16 |
| Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming | $463.72 |
| Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota | $502.02 |
| Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia | $503.87 |
| Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin | $509.63 |
| Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont | $538.74 |
| Alaska | $685.69 |
| Hawaii | $713.94 |
| The U.S. Virgin Islands | $743.90 |
| Puerto Rico | $1,087.16 |
| Rural ZIP codes in Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming | $627.47 |
| Rural ZIP codes in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia | $684.50 |
| Rural ZIP codes in Arizona, California and Nevada | $695.27 |
| Rural ZIP codes in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin | $701.41 |
| Rural ZIP codes in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont | $734.24 |
| Rural ZIP codes in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee | $743.90 |
Sources
- [1] HCPCS Level II Alpha-Numeric File, October 2026 quarterly update · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · checked 2026-11-05
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Reviewed 2026-11-05 by the Round 2028 code list, not yet by a person
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