C1603 HCPCS Level II Code: Retrieval device, insertable, laser (used to retrieve intravascular inferior vena cava filter)
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Ret dev, laser, ivc filter
- Medicare coverage: Special coverage instructions apply (CMS coverage code D)
- Pricing indicator: 53
- BETOS: D1A — Medical/surgical supplies
- Last CMS action effective: January 1, 2024
Source: CMS HCPCS Level II release. Coverage codes indicate how Medicare treats the code, not whether a specific claim will be paid; payer policy and documentation still govern.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of C1603 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.
Nearest codes (9)
- C1600 — Catheter, transluminal intravascular lesion preparation device, bladed, sheathed (insertable)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C1601 — Endoscope, single-use (i.e. disposable), pulmonary, imaging/illumination device (insertable)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C1602 — Orthopedic/device/drug matrix/absorbable bone void filler, antimicrobial-eluting (implantable)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C1604 — Graft, transmural transvenous arterial bypass (implantable), with all delivery system components[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C1605 — Pacemaker, leadless, dual chamber (right atrial and right ventricular implantable components), rate-responsive, including all necessary components for implantation[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C1606 — Adapter, single-use (i.e. disposable), for attaching ultrasound system to upper gastrointestinal endoscope[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C1607 — Neurostimulator, integrated (implantable), rechargeable with all implantable and external components including charging system[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- C1608 — Prosthesis, total, dual mobility, first carpometacarpal joint (implantable)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 1 more
Change history
- January 1, 2024 — Added to the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)
Sources for this page
Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.
- Code, descriptors, coverage and pricing attributes Official source data
- CMS HCPCS Alpha-Numeric (ANWEB) release — July 2026 quarterly update Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
- Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
- CMS HCPCS quarterly update files, ingested into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
- Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
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Change history
- January 1, 2024Added to the code setRetrieval device, insertable, laser (used to retrieve intravascular inferior vena cava filter)
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to C1603 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- C1600 — Catheter, transluminal intravascular lesion preparation device, bladed, sheathed (insertable)
- C1601 — Endoscope, single-use (i.e. disposable), pulmonary, imaging/illumination device (insertable)
- C1602 — Orthopedic/device/drug matrix/absorbable bone void filler, antimicrobial-eluting (implantable)
- C1604 — Graft, transmural transvenous arterial bypass (implantable), with all delivery system components
- C1605 — Pacemaker, leadless, dual chamber (right atrial and right ventricular implantable components), rate-responsive, including all necessary components for implantation
- C1606 — Adapter, single-use (i.e. disposable), for attaching ultrasound system to upper gastrointestinal endoscope
- C1607 — Neurostimulator, integrated (implantable), rechargeable with all implantable and external components including charging system
- C1608 — Prosthesis, total, dual mobility, first carpometacarpal joint (implantable)
- C1609 — Vertebral device, motion-preserving, with screw fixation