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E1038

Transport chair pt wt<=300lb

Transport chair, adult size, patient weight capacity up to and including 300 pounds

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2003-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/E1038 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "E1038",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Transport chair pt wt<=300lb",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "D1D",
      "coverage": "D",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "R",
      "pricing_indicator": "36",
      "action_effective_date": "2006-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Transport chair, adult size, patient weight capacity up to and including 300 pounds",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2003-01-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "wheelchairs-and-scooters"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "wheelchairs-and-scooters",
        "name": "Wheelchairs and scooters",
        "confidence": 0.95,
        "derivation": "source_stated",
        "evidence": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/coding-billing/healthcare-common-procedure-system/quarterly-update",
            "anchor": "HCPCS Level II range E0950-E1298"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

E1038 in the HCPCS file

betos
D1D
coverage
D
action code
N
type of service
R
pricing indicator
36
action effective date
2006-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

E1038 has been in effect since 2003-01-01. This page shows HCPCS Level II release 2026-10.

Add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD to the request to get this code exactly as it was on a past date. The change feed (GET /v1/changes) lists what each release added, changed or retired across the whole dataset; a per-code change list isn't published yet.

Use it

Look up E1038 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/E1038 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code E1038. Tell me what it covers, whether it is active and since when, and any CMS attributes it has.

Source: CMS, release 2026-10. Public domain (D-series CDT codes excluded). Reference data, not medical or billing advice.