K1014 — Addition, endoskeletal knee-shin system, 4 bar linkage or multiaxial, fluid swing and stance phase control
K1014 is a HCPCS Level II code for addition, endoskeletal knee-shin system, 4 bar linkage or multiaxial, fluid swing and stance phase control. It belongs to the Durable Medical Equipment (DME MAC Temporary) section. It was terminated on December 31, 2023 and is not valid on new claims.
This code has been terminated
CMS terminated K1014 on December 31, 2023. It stays in the file as history — a claim you are auditing from before that date may legitimately carry it — but it must not appear on a new claim. The adjacent codes below are the usual place to look for its replacement.
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.
The CMS record for K1014
- Long descriptor
- Addition, endoskeletal knee-shin system, 4 bar linkage or multiaxial, fluid swing and stance phase control
- Short descriptor
- Ak 4 bar link hydl swg/stanc
- Added
- April 1, 2021
- Terminated
- December 31, 2023
- BETOS
- D1F
- Pricing indicator
- 38 — 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.
When CMS retired it.
Berenson-Eggers Type of Service — CMS's own analytic grouping.
Orthotics, prosthetics, prosthetic devices and vision services. Price subject to floors and ceilings.
Codes adjacent to K1014
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If K1014 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- K1005Disposable collection and storage bag for breast milk, any size, any type, eachterminated
- K1006Suction pump, home model, portable or stationary, electric, any type, for use with external urine management systemterminated
- K1007Bilateral hip, knee, ankle, foot device, powered, includes pelvic component, single or double upright(s), knee joints any type, with or without ankle joints any type, includes all components and accessories, motors, microprocessors, sensors
- K1009Speech volume modulation system, any type, including all components and accessoriesterminated
- K1010Indwelling intraurethral drainage device with valve, patient inserted, replacement only, eachterminated
- K1011Activation device for intraurethral drainage device with valve, replacement only, eachterminated
- K1012Charger and base station for intraurethral activation device, replacement onlyterminated
- K1013Enema tube, with or without adapter, any type, replacement only, eachterminated
- K1015Foot, adductus positioning device, adjustableterminated
- K1016Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator for electrical stimulation of the trigeminal nerveterminated
- K1017Monthly supplies for use of device coded at k1016terminated
- K1018External upper limb tremor stimulator of the peripheral nerves of the wristterminated
- K1019Supplies and accessories for external upper limb tremor stimulator of the peripheral nerves of the wristterminated
- K1020Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulatorterminated
- K1021Exsufflation belt, includes all supplies and accessoriesterminated
- K1022Addition to lower extremity prosthesis, endoskeletal, knee disarticulation, above knee, hip disarticulation, positional rotation unit, any typeterminated
Questions about K1014
What is HCPCS code K1014?
K1014 is a HCPCS Level II code for addition, endoskeletal knee-shin system, 4 bar linkage or multiaxial, fluid swing and stance phase control. It sits in the Durable Medical Equipment (DME MAC Temporary) section.
Does Medicare cover K1014?
The CMS HCPCS file marks K1014 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.
Is K1014 still valid?
No. K1014 was terminated on December 31, 2023 and should not be used on new claims.