A7038 HCPCS Level II code: Filter, disposable, used with positive airway pressure device
A7038 is the HCPCS code for “Filter, disposable, used with positive airway pressure device” in CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026.
Official description
A7038Filter, disposable, used with positive airway pressure device
Short description: Pos airway pressure filter
HCPCS · United States
Medicare details
The indicators CMS publishes with A7038 in its October 2026 file. They describe Medicare’s handling, not another payer’s.
- Medicare coverage
- Carrier judgment
- Medicare pricing
- DMEPOS fee schedule – Inexpensive & routinely purchased DME (price subject to floors and ceilings)
- Type of service
- Used durable medical equipment (DME); Lump sum purchase of DME, prosthetics, orthotics; Rental of DME
- BETOS category
- Other DME
- Added
- Jan 1, 2003
Where A7038 sits
- 1A codesAmbulance, supplies and miscellaneous
- 2Active code A7038Filter, disposable, used with positive airway pressure device
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 A7038 mean?
A7038 is the HCPCS code for “Filter, disposable, used with positive airway pressure device” in CMS’s HCPCS Level II October 2026 release.
Does Medicare cover A7038?
CMS lists A7038’s Medicare coverage as “Carrier judgment” 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.
Codes beside A7038
All A codesA7032Cushion for use on nasal mask interface, replacement only, eachA7033Pillow for use on nasal cannula type interface, replacement only, pairA7034Nasal interface (mask or cannula type) used with positive airway pressure device, with or without head strapA7035Headgear used with positive airway pressure deviceA7036Chinstrap used with positive airway pressure deviceA7037Tubing used with positive airway pressure deviceA7039Filter, non disposable, used with positive airway pressure deviceA7040One way chest drain valveA7041Water seal drainage container and tubing for use with implanted chest tubeA7042Implanted pleural catheter, eachA7043Vacuum drainage bottle and tubing for use with implanted catheterA7044Oral interface used with positive airway pressure device, each