A4253 HCPCS Level II code: Blood glucose test or reagent strips for home blood glucose monitor, per 50 strips
A4253 is the HCPCS code for “Blood glucose test or reagent strips for home blood glucose monitor, per 50 strips” in CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026.
Official description
A4253Blood glucose test or reagent strips for home blood glucose monitor, per 50 strips
Short description: Blood glucose/reagent strips
HCPCS · United States
Medicare details
The indicators CMS publishes with A4253 in its October 2026 file. They describe Medicare’s handling, not another payer’s.
- Medicare coverage
- Special coverage instructions apply
- Medicare pricing
- DMEPOS fee schedule – Inexpensive & routinely purchased DME (price subject to floors and ceilings)
- Type of service
- Lump sum purchase of DME, prosthetics, orthotics
- BETOS category
- Other DME
- Added
- Jan 1, 1986
Where A4253 sits
- 1A codesAmbulance, supplies and miscellaneous
- 2Active code A4253Blood glucose test or reagent strips for home blood glucose monitor, per 50 strips
Source and release
- Data release
- HCPCS Level II · October 2026
- Effective date
- Oct 1, 2026
- Publisher
- CMS
This page is built from the HCPCS Level II catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’s October 2026 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.
Frequently asked questions
What does HCPCS code A4253 mean?
A4253 is the HCPCS code for “Blood glucose test or reagent strips for home blood glucose monitor, per 50 strips” in CMS’s HCPCS Level II October 2026 release.
Does Medicare cover A4253?
CMS lists A4253’s Medicare coverage as “Special coverage instructions apply” and its pricing as “DMEPOS fee schedule – Inexpensive & routinely purchased DME (price subject to floors and ceilings)”. Coverage and payment still depend on the patient, the setting, the documentation and the payer.
Which HCPCS Level II release does this page use?
It uses CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026 to Dec 31, 2026. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.
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