K0738 HCPCS Level II code: Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; home compressor used to fill portable oxygen cylinders; includes portable containers, regulator, flowmeter…
K0738 is the HCPCS code for “Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; home compressor used to fill portable oxygen cylinders; includes portable containers, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing” in CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026.
Official description
K0738Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; home compressor used to fill portable oxygen cylinders; includes portable containers, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing
Short description: Portable gas oxygen system
HCPCS · United States
Medicare details
The indicators CMS publishes with K0738 in its October 2026 file. They describe Medicare’s handling, not another payer’s.
- Medicare coverage
- Carrier judgment
- Medicare pricing
- DMEPOS fee schedule – Oxygen and oxygen equipment (price subject to floors and ceilings)
- Type of service
- Lump sum purchase of DME, prosthetics, orthotics; Rental of DME
- BETOS category
- Oxygen and supplies
- Added
- Oct 1, 2006
Where K0738 sits
- 1K codesTemporary codes for DME
- 2Active code K0738Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; home compressor used to fill portable oxygen cylinders; includes portable containers, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing
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 K0738 mean?
K0738 is the HCPCS code for “Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; home compressor used to fill portable oxygen cylinders; includes portable containers, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing” in CMS’s HCPCS Level II October 2026 release.
Does Medicare cover K0738?
CMS lists K0738’s Medicare coverage as “Carrier judgment” and its pricing as “DMEPOS fee schedule – Oxygen and oxygen equipment (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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