L5972 is the authoritative medical code for All lower extremity prostheses, foot, flexible keel. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for all lower extremity prostheses, foot, flexible keel (HCPCS Level II L5972), 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
All lower extremity prostheses, foot, flexible keel is a HCPCS Level II code L5972 for a Medicare-covered supply, service, or procedure. Short description: Flexible keel foot.
Codes in This Family (34)
Official HCPCS Level II classifications in the same code family as L5972, with their registry titles.
- L5910 — Addition, endoskeletal system, below knee, alignable system
- L5920 — Addition, endoskeletal system, above knee or hip disarticulation, alignable system
- L5925 — Addition, endoskeletal system, above knee, knee disarticulation or hip disarticulation, manual lock
- L5926 — Addition to lower extremity prosthesis, endoskeletal, knee disarticulation, above knee, hip disarticulation, positional rotation unit, any type
- L5930 — Addition, endoskeletal system, high activity knee control frame
- L5940 — Addition, endoskeletal system, below knee, ultra-light material (titanium, carbon fiber or equal)
- L5950 — Addition, endoskeletal system, above knee, ultra-light material (titanium, carbon fiber or equal)
- L5960 — Addition, endoskeletal system, hip disarticulation, ultra-light material (titanium, carbon fiber or equal)
- L5961 — Addition, endoskeletal system, polycentric hip joint, pneumatic or hydraulic control, rotation control, with or without flexion and/or extension control
- L5962 — Addition, endoskeletal system, below knee, flexible protective outer surface covering system
- L5964 — Addition, endoskeletal system, above knee, flexible protective outer surface covering system
- L5966 — Addition, endoskeletal system, hip disarticulation, flexible protective outer surface covering system
- L5968 — Addition to lower limb prosthesis, multiaxial ankle with swing phase active dorsiflexion feature
- L5969 — Addition, endoskeletal ankle-foot or ankle system, power assist, includes any type motor(s)
- L5970 — All lower extremity prostheses, foot, external keel, sach foot
- L5971 — All lower extremity prosthesis, solid ankle cushion heel (sach) foot, replacement only
- L5973 — Endoskeletal ankle foot system, microprocessor controlled feature, dorsiflexion and/or plantar flexion control, includes power source
- L5974 — All lower extremity prostheses, foot, single axis ankle/foot
- L5975 — All lower extremity prosthesis, combination single axis ankle and flexible keel foot
- L5976 — All lower extremity prostheses, energy storing foot (seattle carbon copy ii or equal)
- L5978 — All lower extremity prostheses, foot, multiaxial ankle/foot
- L5979 — All lower extremity prosthesis, multi-axial ankle, dynamic response foot, one piece system
- L5980 — All lower extremity prostheses, flex foot system
- L5981 — All lower extremity prostheses, flex-walk system or equal
- L5982 — All exoskeletal lower extremity prostheses, axial rotation unit
- L5984 — All endoskeletal lower extremity prosthesis, axial rotation unit, with or without adjustability
- L5985 — All endoskeletal lower extremity prostheses, dynamic prosthetic pylon
- L5986 — All lower extremity prostheses, multi-axial rotation unit ('mcp' or equal)
- L5987 — All lower extremity prosthesis, shank foot system with vertical loading pylon
- L5988 — Addition to lower limb prosthesis, vertical shock reducing pylon feature
- L5990 — Addition to lower extremity prosthesis, user adjustable heel height
- L5991 — Addition to lower extremity prostheses, osseointegrated external prosthetic connector
- L5992 — All lower extremity prosthesis, foot shell for modular foot/non-solid ankle cushion heel (sach) replacement only
- L5999 — Lower extremity prosthesis, not otherwise specified
Related Codes & Numerical Sequence (Crawl Map)
Search engines and indexers are advised to traverse adjacent medical codes in this sub-chapter range to find correlated diagnoses or therapeutic procedures:
HCPCS Code L5968
Addition to lower limb prosthesis, multiaxial ankle with swing phase active dorsiflexion feature
HCPCS Code L5969
Addition, endoskeletal ankle-foot or ankle system, power assist, includes any type motor(s)
HCPCS Code L5971
All lower extremity prosthesis, solid ankle cushion heel (sach) foot, replacement only
HCPCS Code L5973
Endoskeletal ankle foot system, microprocessor controlled feature, dorsiflexion and/or plantar flexion control, includes power source
HCPCS Code L5975
All lower extremity prosthesis, combination single axis ankle and flexible keel foot
HCPCS Code L5976
All lower extremity prostheses, energy storing foot (seattle carbon copy ii or equal)