A6510 — Compression burn garment, trunk, including arms down to leg openings (leotard), custom fabricated
A6510 is a HCPCS Level II code for compression burn garment, trunk, including arms down to leg openings (leotard), custom fabricated. It belongs to the Transportation, Medical & Surgical Supplies, Administrative 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 2026Q3-Jul. This states Medicare’s position on the code, not on your particular claim.
Physician fee schedule statusX
Statutory exclusion. The item or service is not within the statutory definition of 'physician services', so the fee schedule never pays it.
Global period: XXX
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Medically Unlikely Edits — units per day
The most units of A6510 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
- 1 unit MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Nature of Equipment
- DME supplier
- 2 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Nature of Equipment
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 2026Q3.
The CMS record for A6510
- Long descriptor
- Compression burn garment, trunk, including arms down to leg openings (leotard), custom fabricated
- Short descriptor
- Compres burn garment leotard
- Added
- January 1, 2003
- BETOS
- D1A
- Pricing indicator
- 35 — DMEPOS
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.
Surgical dressings. Price subject to floors and ceilings.
Codes adjacent to A6510
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If A6510 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- A6502Compression burn garment, chin strap, custom fabricated
- A6503Compression burn garment, facial hood, custom fabricated
- A6504Compression burn garment, glove to wrist, custom fabricated
- A6505Compression burn garment, glove to elbow, custom fabricated
- A6506Compression burn garment, glove to axilla, custom fabricated
- A6507Compression burn garment, foot to knee length, custom fabricated
- A6508Compression burn garment, foot to thigh length, custom fabricated
- A6509Compression burn garment, upper trunk to waist including arm openings (vest), custom fabricated
- A6511Compression burn garment, lower trunk including leg openings (panty), custom fabricated
- A6512Compression burn garment, not otherwise classified
- A6513Compression burn mask, face and/or neck, plastic or equal, custom fabricated
- A6515Gradient compression wrap with adjustable straps, full leg, each, custom
- A6516Gradient compression wrap with adjustable straps, foot, each, custom
- A6517Gradient compression wrap with adjustable straps, below knee, each, custom
- A6518Gradient compression wrap with adjustable straps, arm, each, custom
- A6519Gradient compression garment, not otherwise specified, for nighttime use, each
Questions about A6510
What is HCPCS code A6510?
A6510 is a HCPCS Level II code for compression burn garment, trunk, including arms down to leg openings (leotard), custom fabricated. It sits in the Transportation, Medical & Surgical Supplies, Administrative section.
Does Medicare cover A6510?
The CMS HCPCS file marks A6510 as "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.
How is A6510 paid under the physician fee schedule?
A6510 carries PFS status code X. Statutory exclusion. The item or service is not within the statutory definition of 'physician services', so the fee schedule never pays it.