L5657 HCPCS Level II code: Addition to lower extremity prosthesis, manual/automated adjustable air, fluid, gel or equal socket insert for limb volume management, any materials
L5657 is the HCPCS code for “Addition to lower extremity prosthesis, manual/automated adjustable air, fluid, gel or equal socket insert for limb volume management, any materials” in CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026.
Official description
L5657Addition to lower extremity prosthesis, manual/automated adjustable air, fluid, gel or equal socket insert for limb volume management, any materials
Short description: Add low ext man aut vol any
HCPCS · United States
Medicare details
The indicators CMS publishes with L5657 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
- Oct 1, 2025
Where L5657 sits
- 1L codesOrthotics and prosthetics
- 2Active code L5657Addition to lower extremity prosthesis, manual/automated adjustable air, fluid, gel or equal socket insert for limb volume management, any materials
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 L5657 mean?
L5657 is the HCPCS code for “Addition to lower extremity prosthesis, manual/automated adjustable air, fluid, gel or equal socket insert for limb volume management, any materials” in CMS’s HCPCS Level II October 2026 release.
Does Medicare cover L5657?
CMS lists L5657’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 L5657
All L codesL5651Addition to lower extremity, above knee, flexible inner socket, external frameL5652Addition 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)L5658Addition to lower extremity, socket insert, above knee (kemblo, pelite, aliplast, plastazote or equal)L5661Addition to lower extremity, socket insert, multi-durometer symesL5665Addition to lower extremity, socket insert, multi-durometer, below kneeL5666Addition to lower extremity, below knee, cuff suspensionL5668Addition to lower extremity, below knee, molded distal cushionL5670Addition to lower extremity, below knee, molded supracondylar suspension ('pts' or similar)