E1016 HCPCS Level II Code: Shock absorber for power wheelchair, each
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Shock absorber for power w/c
- Medicare coverage: Special coverage instructions apply (CMS coverage code D)
- Payment category: Inexpensive or routinely purchased DME (pricing indicator 32)
- BETOS: D1D — Wheelchairs
- Last CMS action effective: January 1, 2003
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 E1016 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 (40)
- E1002 — Wheelchair accessory, power seating system, tilt only[Sibling]
- E1003 — Wheelchair accessory, power seating system, recline only, without shear reduction[Sibling]
- E1004 — Wheelchair accessory, power seating system, recline only, with mechanical shear reduction[Sibling]
- E1005 — Wheelchair accessory, power seating system, recline only, with power shear reduction[Sibling]
- E1006 — Wheelchair accessory, power seating system, combination tilt and recline, without shear reduction[Sibling]
- E1007 — Wheelchair accessory, power seating system, combination tilt and recline, with mechanical shear reduction[Sibling]
- E1008 — Wheelchair accessory, power seating system, combination tilt and recline, with power shear reduction[Sibling]
- E1009 — Wheelchair accessory, addition to power seating system, mechanically linked leg elevation system, including pushrod and leg rest, each[Sibling]
- and 32 more
Change history
- January 1, 2003 — Added to the code set [Change history]
Sources for this page
Every coding fact on this page is read from the datasets below. Nothing is AI-generated; MedCoder-derived relationships and editorial are labelled where they appear.
- Code, descriptors, coverage and pricing attributes
- CMS HCPCS Alpha-Numeric (ANWEB) release — July 2026 quarterly update
- Change history and date-of-service validity
- CMS HCPCS quarterly update files, ingested into the change ledger
- Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder-derived
- Derived by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Change history
- January 1, 2003Added to the code setShock absorber for power wheelchair, each
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to E1016 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- E1010 — Wheelchair accessory, addition to power seating system, power leg elevation system, including leg rest, pair
- E1011 — Modification to pediatric size wheelchair, width adjustment package (not to be dispensed with initial chair)
- E1012 — Wheelchair accessory, addition to power seating system, center mount power elevating leg rest/platform, complete system, any type, each
- E1014 — Reclining back, addition to pediatric size wheelchair
- E1015 — Shock absorber for manual wheelchair, each
- E1017 — Heavy duty shock absorber for heavy duty or extra heavy duty manual wheelchair, each
- E1018 — Heavy duty shock absorber for heavy duty or extra heavy duty power wheelchair, each
- E1020 — Residual limb support system for wheelchair, any type
- E1022 — Wheelchair transportation securement system, any type includes all components and accessories
- E1023 — Wheelchair transit securement system, includes all components and accessories