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CMS Pub. 100-04, ch. 23, § 100.1
Record Layout for Competitive Bidding HCPCS Category File
Field Name Pic Position Comment
CBA Bid Category
Effective Date
X(8) 1 - 8
Bid Product Category
Effective Date- CC
9(2) 1 - 2
Field Name Pic Position Comment
Bid Product Category
Effective Date-Year
9(2) 3 - 4
Bid Product Category
Effective Date -Month
9(2) 5 - 6
Bid Product Category
Effective-Day
9(2) 7 - 8
Bid Category
Expiration Date
X(8) 9 - 16
Bid Product Category
Expiration Date -CC
9(2) 9 - 10
Bid Product Category
Expiration Date -
Year
9(2) 11 - 12
Bid Product Category
Expiration Date-
Month
9(2) 13 - 14
Bid Product Category
Expiration Date - Day
9(2) 15 - 16
HCPCS Procedure
Codes
X(13)_ 17 - 29
HCPCS Procedure
Code
X(5) 17 - 21 All Competitive Bidding Active Codes.
Modifier 1 X(2) 22 - 23
Modifier 2 X(2) 24 - 25
Modifier 3 X(2) 26 - 27
Modifier 4 X(2) 28 - 29
Field Name Pic Position Comment
CBA Area X(5) 30 - 34 16740 = Charlotte NC-SC
16741 = Charlotte NC-SC Mail Order
17140 = Cincinnati OH
17141 = Cincinnati OH Mail Order
17460 = Cleveland OH
17461 = Cleveland OH Mail Order
19100 = Dallas TX
19101 = Dallas TX Mail Order
28140 = Kansas MO-KS
28141 = Kansas MO- KS Mail Order
33100 = Miami FL
33101 = Miami FL Mail Order
36740 = Orlando FL
36741 = Orlando FL Mail Order
38300 = Pittsburgh PA
38301 = Pittsburgh PA Mail Order
40140 = Riverside CA
40141 = Riverside CA Mail Order
Bid Product Category
Number
X(3) 35 - 37 001 = Oxygen Supplies & Equipment
002 = Standard Power Wheelchairs
003 = Complex Rehab Power
Wheelchairs
004 = Mail Order Diabetic Supplies
005 = Enteral Nutrients, Equipment
006 = CPAPs, RADs and Related
Supplies
007 = Hospital Beds & Related Supplies
009 = Walkers & Related Supplies
010 = Support Surfaces
Field Name Pic Position Comment
Bid Business Rule 1 X(1) 38 - 38 When field contains “S”, permits non-contract physicians to bill selected CB
items or “H”, permits Hospitals to bill
selected CB items
Bid Business Rule 2 X(1) 39 - 39 When field contains “S”, permits non-contract physicians to bill selected CB
items or “H”, permits Hospitals to bill
selected CB items.
Bid Business Rule 3
X(1)
40 - 40
For future use
Bid Business Rule 4
X(1)
41- 41
For future use
Bid Business Rule 5
X(1)
42 - 42
For future use
Filler X(8) 43 - 50
History
(Rev. 2088, Issued: 11-05-10, Effective: 01-01-11, Implementation: 01-03-11)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
fc08bdedde98c4180fca370f5abac15aa4090aafbd1e904049aed94594d972b8
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