L5651 HCPCS Level II code: Addition to lower extremity, above knee, flexible inner socket, external frame
L5651 is the HCPCS code for “Addition to lower extremity, above knee, flexible inner socket, external frame” in CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026.
Official description
L5651Addition to lower extremity, above knee, flexible inner socket, external frame
Short description: Ak flex inner socket ext fra
HCPCS · United States
Medicare details
The indicators CMS publishes with L5651 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, 1988
Where L5651 sits
- 1L codesOrthotics and prosthetics
- 2Active code L5651Addition to lower extremity, above knee, flexible inner socket, external frame
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 L5651 mean?
L5651 is the HCPCS code for “Addition to lower extremity, above knee, flexible inner socket, external frame” in CMS’s HCPCS Level II October 2026 release.
Does Medicare cover L5651?
CMS lists L5651’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 L5651
All L codesL5645Addition to lower extremity, below knee, flexible inner socket, external frameL5646Addition to lower extremity, below knee, air, fluid, gel or equal, cushion socketL5647Addition to lower extremity, below knee suction socketL5648Addition to lower extremity, above knee, air, fluid, gel or equal, cushion socketL5649Addition to lower extremity, ischial containment/narrow m-l socketL5650Additions to lower extremity, total contact, above knee or knee disarticulation socketL5652Addition to lower extremity, suction suspension, above knee or knee disarticulation socketL5653Addition to lower extremity, knee disarticulation, expandable wall socketL5654Addition to lower extremity, socket insert, symes, (kemblo, pelite, aliplast, plastazote or equal)L5655Addition to lower extremity, socket insert, below knee (kemblo, pelite, aliplast, plastazote or equal)L5656Addition to lower extremity, socket insert, knee disarticulation (kemblo, pelite, aliplast, plastazote or equal)L5657Addition to lower extremity prosthesis, manual/automated adjustable air, fluid, gel or equal socket insert for limb volume management, any materials