E0639 — Patient lift, moveable from room to room with disassembly and reassembly, includes all components/accessories
E0639 is a HCPCS Level II code for patient lift, moveable from room to room with disassembly and reassembly, includes all components/accessories. It belongs to the Durable Medical Equipment section. Whether Medicare pays it depends on the coverage rule below.
Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment
Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.
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.
Medically Unlikely Edits — units per day
The most units of E0639 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
- 0 — never payable MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · CMS Policy
- DME supplier
- 1 unit MAI 2 — Date of Service Edit: Policy · Code Descriptor / CPT Instruction
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 E0639
- Long descriptor
- Patient lift, moveable from room to room with disassembly and reassembly, includes all components/accessories
- Short descriptor
- Moveable patient lift system
- Added
- January 1, 2005
- BETOS
- Y2
- Pricing indicator
- 00 — Not priced by Part B
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.
Service not separately priced by Part B — not covered, bundled into another service, or used by Part A only.
Codes adjacent to E0639
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If E0639 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- E0627Seat lift mechanism, electric, any type
- E0628Separate seat lift mechanism for use with patient owned furniture-electricterminated
- E0629Seat lift mechanism, non-electric, any type
- E0630Patient lift, hydraulic or mechanical, includes any seat, sling, strap(s) or pad(s)
- E0635Patient lift, electric with seat or sling
- E0636Multipositional patient support system, with integrated lift, patient accessible controls
- E0637Combination sit to stand frame/table system, any size including pediatric, with seat lift feature, with or without wheels
- E0638Standing frame/table system, one position (e.g., upright, supine or prone stander), any size including pediatric, with or without wheels
- E0640Patient lift, fixed system, includes all components/accessories
- E0641Standing frame/table system, multi-position (e.g., three-way stander), any size including pediatric, with or without wheels
- E0642Standing frame/table system, mobile (dynamic stander), any size including pediatric
- E0650Pneumatic compressor, non-segmental home model
- E0651Pneumatic compressor, segmental home model without calibrated gradient pressure
- E0652Pneumatic compressor, segmental home model with calibrated gradient pressure
- E0655Non-segmental pneumatic appliance for use with pneumatic compressor, half arm
- E0656Segmental pneumatic appliance for use with pneumatic compressor, trunk
Questions about E0639
What is HCPCS code E0639?
E0639 is a HCPCS Level II code for patient lift, moveable from room to room with disassembly and reassembly, includes all components/accessories. It sits in the Durable Medical Equipment section.
Does Medicare cover E0639?
The CMS HCPCS file marks E0639 as "Carrier judgment". Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.