L5638 is the authoritative medical code for Addition to lower extremity, below knee, leather socket. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for addition to lower extremity, below knee, leather socket (HCPCS Level II L5638), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: Processed within HCPCS Level II standards. CMS regulatory guidelines apply.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Addition to lower extremity, below knee, leather socket is a HCPCS Level II code L5638 for a Medicare-covered supply, service, or procedure. Short description: Below knee leather socket.
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to L5638 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- L5600 — Preparatory, hip disarticulation-hemipelvectomy, pylon, no cover, sach foot, laminated socket, molded to patient model
- L5610 — Addition to lower extremity, endoskeletal system, above knee, hydracadence system
- L5611 — Addition to lower extremity, endoskeletal system, above knee - knee disarticulation, 4 bar linkage, with friction swing phase control
- L5613 — Addition to lower extremity, endoskeletal system, above knee-knee disarticulation, 4 bar linkage, with hydraulic swing phase control
- L5614 — Addition to lower extremity, exoskeletal system, above knee-knee disarticulation, 4 bar linkage, with pneumatic swing phase control
- L5615 — Addition, endoskeletal knee-shin system, 4 bar linkage or multiaxial, fluid swing and stance phase control
- L5616 — Addition to lower extremity, endoskeletal system, above knee, universal multiplex system, friction swing phase control
- L5617 — Addition to lower extremity, quick change self-aligning unit, above knee or below knee, each
- L5618 — Addition to lower extremity, test socket, symes
- L5620 — Addition to lower extremity, test socket, below knee
View all 40 codes in the L5600 family