A7048 HCPCS Level II code: Vacuum drainage collection unit and tubing kit, including all supplies needed for collection unit change, for use with implanted catheter, each
A7048 is the HCPCS code for “Vacuum drainage collection unit and tubing kit, including all supplies needed for collection unit change, for use with implanted catheter, each” in CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026.
Official description
A7048Vacuum drainage collection unit and tubing kit, including all supplies needed for collection unit change, for use with implanted catheter, each
Short description: Vacuum drain bottle/tube kit
HCPCS · United States
Medicare details
The indicators CMS publishes with A7048 in its October 2026 file. They describe Medicare’s handling, not another payer’s.
- Medicare coverage
- Carrier judgment
- Medicare pricing
- DMEPOS fee schedule – Orthotics, prosthetics, prosthetic devices & vision services (price subject to floors and ceilings)
- Type of service
- Lump sum purchase of DME, prosthetics, orthotics
- BETOS category
- Prosthetic/Orthotic devices
- Added
- Jan 1, 2015
Where A7048 sits
- 1A codesAmbulance, supplies and miscellaneous
- 2Active code A7048Vacuum drainage collection unit and tubing kit, including all supplies needed for collection unit change, for use with implanted catheter, each
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 A7048 mean?
A7048 is the HCPCS code for “Vacuum drainage collection unit and tubing kit, including all supplies needed for collection unit change, for use with implanted catheter, each” in CMS’s HCPCS Level II October 2026 release.
Does Medicare cover A7048?
CMS lists A7048’s Medicare coverage as “Carrier judgment” and its pricing as “DMEPOS fee schedule – Orthotics, prosthetics, prosthetic devices & vision services (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 A7048
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