E1841 — Static progressive stretch/patient actualized serial stretch shoulder device, with or without range of motion adjustment, includes all components and accessories
E1841 is a HCPCS Level II code for static progressive stretch/patient actualized serial stretch shoulder device, with or without range of motion adjustment, includes all components and 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 E1841 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
- 2 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Anatomic Consideration
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 E1841
- Long descriptor
- Static progressive stretch/patient actualized serial stretch shoulder device, with or without range of motion adjustment, includes all components and accessories
- Short descriptor
- Sps/pass shoulder device
- Added
- January 1, 2005
- BETOS
- D1E
- Pricing indicator
- 36 — 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.
Capped rental DME. Price subject to floors and ceilings.
Codes adjacent to E1841
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If E1841 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- E1826Dynamic adjustable finger extension only device, includes soft interface material
- E1827Dynamic adjustable finger flexion only device, includes soft interface material
- E1828Dynamic adjustable toe extension only device, includes soft interface material
- E1829Dynamic adjustable toe flexion only device, includes soft interface material
- E1830Dynamic adjustable toe extension and flexion device, includes soft interface material
- E1831Static progressive stretch toe device, extension and/or flexion, with or without range of motion adjustment, includes all components and accessories
- E1832Static progressive stretch finger device, extension and/or flexion, with or without range of motion adjustment, includes all components and accessories
- E1840Dynamic adjustable shoulder flexion / abduction / rotation device, includes soft interface material
- E1902Communication board, non-electronic augmentative or alternative communication device
- E1905Virtual reality cognitive behavioral therapy device (cbt), including pre-programmed therapy software
- E2000Gastric suction pump, home model, portable or stationary, electric
- E2001Suction pump, home model, portable or stationary, electric, any type, for use with external urine and/or fecal management system
- E2100Blood glucose monitor with integrated voice synthesizer
- E2101Blood glucose monitor with integrated lancing/blood sample
- E2102Adjunctive, non-implanted continuous glucose monitor or receiver
- E2103Non-adjunctive, non-implanted continuous glucose monitor or receiver
Questions about E1841
What is HCPCS code E1841?
E1841 is a HCPCS Level II code for static progressive stretch/patient actualized serial stretch shoulder device, with or without range of motion adjustment, includes all components and accessories. It sits in the Durable Medical Equipment section.
Does Medicare cover E1841?
The CMS HCPCS file marks E1841 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.