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CMS Pub. 100-04, ch. 23, § 50.2
Institutional Claim Record Layout for the Durable Medical Equipment,
Prosthetic, Orthotic and Supply Fee Schedule
(Rev. 3350, Issued: 09-11-15, Effective: 01-01-16, Implementation: 01-04-16)
This file contains services subject to national Floors and Ceilings under the DMEPOS Fee Schedules
including Surgical Dressings. The CMS will provide the specific file names when the prices are released.
The file name will contain the label DMEPOS.
Record Length - 60
Record Format - FB
Block Size - 6000
Character Code - EBCDIC
Sort Sequence - Label, HCPCS Code, MOD, State
Data Element Name Picture Location Comment
1-HCPCS X(05) 1 - 5
2-MOD X(02) 6 – 7
3-MOD 2 X(02) 8 – 9
4-Fee Schedule Amt 9(05)V99 10 – 16
5-Filler X(01) 17
6-Rural Fee Amt 9(05)v99 18 – 24
7-Filler X(01) 25
8-Rural Fee indicator X(01) 26- R = Rural Fee is present
9-Filler X(04) 27-30
10-State X(02) 31 - 32
11-Filler X(05) 33 - 37
12-*Label* X(3) 38 - 40 DME = Durable Medical Equipment
(other than oxygen)
OXY = Oxygen
P/O = Prosthetic/Orthotic
S/D = Surgical Dressings
13-Filler X(4) 41 - 44
14-*Pricing Change
Indicator
X(1) 45 - 45 0 = No change to Update Fee Schedule
Amount since previous release
1 = A change has occurred to the
Update Fee Schedule Amount since the
previous release.
NOTE: In the initial release of the
annual update, this field is initialized to
>0’
15-Filler X(02) 46 – 47
16-Effective Date X(08) 48 – 55 Update effective date (YYYYMMDD)
17-Filler X(05) 56 – 60
History
(Rev. 3350, Issued: 09-11-15, Effective: 01-01-16, Implementation: 01-04-16)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
3cad808a50e50b78227fb45f0114de9361b833ad674ef2786455a12d72b6028e
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