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Are Huggers covered by Insurance? Yes!

Huggers are eligible for coverage by most public & private insurance as a pocketed post-surgical bra / binder and lymphedema bra or garment. Yay!

HCPCS Codes & Billing Information

Ready to process insurance? You are awesome & we appreciate you!

Typical HCPCS Codes utilized for billing / reimbursement, to be confirmed specific to your patient/customer requirements, are:

  • Post-Surgical Pocketed Compression Bra / Binder
    • L8001, L8002, L8000, L8015

    • A6528,  A6568, A6549, A6519, A6589 (all Huggers) & A6593 (Prima/Vida Extenders)
      • Requires Lymphedema Diagnosis: I89.0, I97.2, 197.89, Q82.0
      • Huggers can be used as a 24/7 (day & night) gradient compression garment per patient's requirements/diagnosis.
    • Referral Form  -  one stop shop form to use with your patients' Huggers (either through you or a referral) with required billing information in one place 🫶🏼. 
    • FDA Registration # 3030926968 - Huggers - Class 1, Therapeutic Medical Binder
  • Uniform Allowance 
    • Eligible for Uniform Allowance coverage (First Responder, Airline, Med Pro, etc.)  - ask your Provider!

Looking for additional billing or reimbursement information specific to Medicare?

Don't process insurance?

Do you have a patient that you need to refer because you don't process insurance)?
  • Check out our Insurance Article for patients HERE

Please note: Prairie Wear does not coordinate, verify or process insurance requests and while all information in this document is believed to be correct at the time of writing, this document is for educational purposes only and does not purport to provide legal advice. - we just make really awesome compression bras that are made to help you & your patients feel better & get better 💛