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A7038

Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Devices for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

LCD L33718 · CMS's HCPCS descriptor for A7038: Filter, disposable, used with positive airway pressure device.

CMS lists A7038 in 2 LCDs in the Verzi KB: LCD L33718 LCD L33800

Not on CMS's Required Prior Authorization List for DMEPOS on 2026-10-13. source

LCD L33718 · 12 versions, 2015 to today · last changed 2024-01-01 (R11)

Version 52 of LCD L33718: in force by CMS's dates 2024-01-01 onward. The policy text on this page comes from this archived version. On its start date, 2024-01-01, the companion Articles in force were Article A52467 version 54 and Article A55426 version 132. Verzi cannot say which version of Article A58824 was in force on that date.

DME MAC jurisdictions
JA · Noridian 16013
CT, DE, DC, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT
JB · CGS 17013
IL, IN, KY, MI, MN, OH, WI
JC · CGS 18003
AL, AR, CO, FL, GA, LA, MS, NM, NC, OK, PR, SC, TN, TX, VI, VA, WV
JD · Noridian 19003
AK, AS, AZ, CA, GU, HI, ID, IA, KS, MO, MT, NE, NV, ND, MP, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY
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CMS's Who are the MACs jurisdiction pages (DME facts as of 2025-09-30) name each contractor and its states; the MCD's Contractor Information table on every DME LCD prints the contract numbers. Both read 2026-10-09. Verzi adds the state lookup only.

CMS's newest revision note (R11, 2024-01-01), quoted

Revision Effective Date: 01/01/2024 COVERAGE INDICATIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND/OR MEDICAL NECESSITY: Added: “and document an affirmative response” to language that pertains to contact with the beneficiary or caregiver/designee for DMEPOS products supplied as refills Revised: “approaching exhaustion” to “expected to end” in regard to existing supplies Revised: “Contact with the beneficiary or designee regarding refills must take place no sooner than 14 calendar days prior to the delivery/shipping date.” to “Contact with the beneficiary or designee regarding refills must take place no sooner than 30 calendar days prior to the expected end of the current supply.” Revised: “For delivery of refills, the supplier must deliver the DMEPOS product no sooner than 10 calendar days prior to the end of usage for the current product.” to “For delivery of refills, the supplier must deliver the DMEPOS product no sooner than 10 calendar days prior to the expected end of the current supply.” 12/14/2023: Pursuant to the 21st Century Cures Act, these revisions do not require notice and comment because the revisions are non-discretionary updates to refill requirement information per CMS Final Rule CMS-1780-F.
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This quote comes from CMS's revision-history file, not from the version's own file: Our archived file.

Sections in this version: CMS National Coverage Policy · Coverage Indications, Limitations, and/or Medical Necessity · Associated Information. Plus 10 sections marked N/A in this version.

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Version history, LCD L33718

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Revision history, every version

CMS's own change log, quoted, 11 entries. It does not change with the version shown. A revision (R-number) is a change CMS logged. The version (vN) is the snapshot that carries it.

R11 · 2024-01-01 · v52
Revision Effective Date: 01/01/2024
COVERAGE INDICATIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND/OR MEDICAL NECESSITY:
Added: “and document an affirmative response” to language that pertains to contact with the beneficiary or caregiver/designee for DMEPOS products supplied as refills
Revised: “approaching exhaustion” to “expected to end” in regard to existing supplies
Revised: “Contact with the beneficiary or designee regarding refills must take place no sooner than 14 calendar days prior to the delivery/shipping date.” to “Contact with the beneficiary or designee regarding refills must take place no sooner than 30 calendar days prior to the expected end of the current supply.”
Revised: “For delivery of refills, the supplier must deliver the DMEPOS product no sooner than 10 calendar days prior to the end of usage for the current product.” to “For delivery of refills, the supplier must deliver the DMEPOS product no sooner than 10 calendar days prior to the expected end of the current supply.”


12/14/2023: Pursuant to the 21st Century Cures Act, these revisions do not require notice and comment because the revisions are non-discretionary updates to refill requirement information per CMS Final Rule CMS-1780-F.
R10 · 2021-09-27 · v48
Revision Effective Date: 09/27/2021
CONCURRENT USE OF OXYGEN WITH PAP THERAPY:
Removed: “for 5 minutes total (which need not be continuous)” under criterion 4 for overnight oximetry testing for beneficiaries with OSA


01/12/2023 Pursuant to the 21st Century Cures Act, these revisions do not require notice and comment because the revisions are non-discretionary updates due to updates to National Coverage Determination 240.2.
R9 · 2021-09-27 · v43
Revision Effective Date: 09/27/2021
COVERAGE INDICATIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND/OR MEDICAL NECESSITY:
Removed: References to “chronic stable state” from CONCURRENT USE OF OXYGEN WITH PAP THERAPY
Removed: “severe lung disease” from CONCURRENT USE OF OXYGEN WITH PAP THERAPY
Added: “condition resulting in hypoxemia” to CONCURRENT USE OF OXYGEN WITH PAP THERAPY
Added: “therapy and oxygen equipment” after statements of “oxygen” and “home oxygen” to CONCURRENT USE OF OXYGEN WITH PAP THERAPY
Added: “and oxygen equipment” after statements of “oxygen therapy” and “home oxygen therapy” to CONCURRENT USE OF OXYGEN WITH PAP THERAPY
Added: Ineligibility for coverage of home oxygen with overnight oximetry as part of home sleep testing or any other home testing to CONCURRENT USE OF OXYGEN WITH PAP THERAPY
Added: “Beneficiaries that qualify for oxygen therapy based on testing conducted only during the course of a sleep test are eligible only for reimbursement of stationary equipment.” to CONCURRENT USE OF OXYGEN WITH PAP THERAPY
Removed: Duplicate instruction for suppliers to refer to the Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment LCD and related Policy Article for additional coverage, coding and documentation requirements from CONCURRENT USE OF OXYGEN WITH PAP THERAPY
SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE:
Removed: Summary of evidence information, due to not being applicable to the non-discretionary changes
ANALYSIS OF EVIDENCE (RATIONALE FOR DETERMINATION):
Removed: Analysis of evidence information, due to not being applicable to the non-discretionary changes


11/17/2022: Pursuant to the 21st Century Cures Act, these revisions do not require notice and comment because the revisions are non-discretionary updates due to updates to National Coverage Determination 240.2 and removal of National Coverage Determination 240.2.2.
R8 · 2021-08-08 · v25
Revision Effective Date: 08/08/2021
COVERAGE INDICATIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND/OR MEDICAL NECESSITY:
Revised: The CMS manual reference to CMS Pub. 100-03
Revised: Sleep Tests section to point to NCD 240.4.1 and applicable A/B MAC LCDs and Billing and Coding articles
Removed: Appendix B “List of Approved Other Devices that Indirectly Measure AHI/RDI”
SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE:
Added: Information related to diagnostic sleep testing
ANALYSIS OF EVIDENCE:
Added: Information related to diagnostic sleep testing
RELATED LOCAL COVERAGE DOCUMENTS:
Added: Response to Comments (A58824)
R7 · 2020-01-01 · v20
Revision Effective Date: 01/01/2020
COVERAGE INDICATIONS, LIMITATIONS AND/OR MEDICAL NECESSITY:
Revised: “face-to-face” to “in-person” where applicable
Revised: "practitioner" to "treating practitioner"
Revised: Order information as a result of Final Rule 1713
REFILL REQUIREMENTS:
Revised: Format of HCPCS code references, from code spans to individually-listed HCPCS
Revised: “ordering physicians” to “treating practitioners”
CODING INFORMATION:
Removed: Field titled “Bill Type”
Removed: Field titled “Revenue Codes”
Removed: Field titled “ICD-10 Codes that Support Medical Necessity”
Removed: Field titled “ICD-10 Codes that DO NOT Support Medical Necessity”
Removed: Field titled “Additional ICD-10 Information”
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS:
Revised: Prescriptions (orders) to SWO


03/05/2020: Pursuant to the 21st Century Cures Act, these revisions do not require notice and comment because they are due to non-discretionary coverage updates reflective of CMS FR-1713, HCPCS code changes, and non-substantive corrections (listing individual HCPCS codes instead of a HCPCS code-span).
R6 · 2019-01-01 · v16
Revision Effective Date: 01/01/2019
ICD-10 CODES THAT SUPPORT MEDICAL NECESSITY:
Moved: Diagnosis code to the LCD-related Policy Article diagnosis code section per CMS instruction
ICD-10 CODES THAT DO NOT SUPPORT MEDICAL NECESSITY:
Moved: Statement about noncovered diagnosis codes moved to LCD-related Policy Article noncovered diagnosis code section per CMS instruction
POLICY SPECIFIC DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS:
Revised: Appendix A - updated Epworth Sleepiness Scale reference to AMA format
R5 · 2017-01-01 · v12
Revision Effective Date: 01/01/2017
COVERAGE INDICATIONS, INDICATIONS, LIMITATIONS AND/OR MEDICAL NECESSITY:
Removed: Standard Documentation Language
Added: New reference language and directions to Standard
Added: Clarifying language “obtained during polysomnograpghy” to CONCURRENT USE OF OXYGEN WITH PAP THERAPY
Added: General Requirements
Revised: Refill Requirements
DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS:
Removed: Standard Documentation Language
Added: General Documentation Requirements
Added: New reference language and directions to Standard Documentation Requirements
POLICY SPECIFIC DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS:
Removed: Standard Documentation Language
Added: Direction to Standard Documentation Requirements
Removed: Miscellaneous billing instructions (moved to related PA)
Removed: PIM reference from Appendices
RELATED LOCAL COVERAGE DOCUMENTS:
Added: LCD-related Standard Documentation Requirements article
R4 · 2016-07-01 · v10
Revision Effective Date: 07/01/2016
COVERAGE INDICATIONS, LIMITATIONS AND/OR MEDICAL NECESSITY:
Added: American Osteopathic Association to physician credentials for interpreting sleep test
Revised: Standard Documentation language - ACA requirements Effective 04/28/2016
DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS:
Revised: Standard documentation language to revise Refill documentation changing "should to must", ACA requirements, and Proof of deliver instructions; added New order requirements and Correct coding instructions (Effective 04/28/2016)
R3 · 2016-07-01 · v8
Effective July 1, 2016 oversight for DME MAC LCDs is the responsibility of CGS Administrators, LLC 18003 and 17013 and Noridian Healthcare Solutions, LLC 19003 and 16013. No other changes have been made to the LCDs.
R2 · 2015-10-01 · v6
Revision Effective Date: 10/31/2014
COVERAGE INDICATIONS, LIMITATIONS AND/OR MEDICAL NECESSITY:
Revised: Standard Language
Added: Language from RAD LCD allowing Sleep study Types II, III, IV testing in facility setting
DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS:
Revised: Standard Language
R1 · 2015-10-01 · v4
Revision Effective Date: 10/01/2014
POLICY SPECIFIC DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS:
Added: HCPCS codes E0470 and E0471 to the ACA 6407 requirement table (effective 07/01/2013)
Receipts for auditors

Version 52 of LCD L33718, shown on this page: in force by CMS's dates 2024-01-01 onward. Archived 2026-09-26. CMS's copy · Our archived file. 13 of 13 sections are proven word-identical to the archived file.

Every archived version of LCD L33718 (12 versions, CMS's dates, window by the as-of rule).

DocumentVersionIn forceArchived onVerify
LCD L33718version 22015-10-01, superseded same day2026-09-26CMS's copy · Our archived file
LCD L33718version 42015-10-01, superseded same day2026-09-26CMS's copy · Our archived file
LCD L33718version 62015-10-01 to 2016-06-302026-09-26CMS's copy · Our archived file
LCD L33718version 82016-07-01, superseded same day2026-09-26CMS's copy · Our archived file
LCD L33718version 102016-07-01 to 2016-12-312026-09-26CMS's copy · Our archived file
LCD L33718version 122017-01-01 to 2018-12-312026-09-26CMS's copy · Our archived file
LCD L33718version 162019-01-01 to 2019-12-312026-09-26CMS's copy · Our archived file
LCD L33718version 202020-01-01 to 2021-08-072026-09-26CMS's copy · Our archived file
LCD L33718version 252021-08-08 to 2021-09-262026-09-26CMS's copy · Our archived file
LCD L33718version 432021-09-27, superseded same day2026-09-26CMS's copy · Our archived file
LCD L33718version 482021-09-27 to 2023-12-312026-09-26CMS's copy · Our archived file
LCD L33718version 52 shown2024-01-01 to today2026-09-26CMS's copy · Our archived file

The related Articles each have their own receipts: Article A52467 · Article A55426 · Article A58824.

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Governing policies, as CMS lists them:

  • LCD L33718 · Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Devices for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
    CMS lists A7038 in group 2 of version 52. CMS's description, quoted: “FILTER, DISPOSABLE, USED WITH POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE DEVICE”.
    Related Articles, as CMS lists them: Article A52467 · Article A55426 · Article A58824
  • LCD L33800 · Respiratory Assist Devices
    CMS lists A7038 in group 2 of version 43. CMS's description, quoted: “FILTER, DISPOSABLE, USED WITH POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE DEVICE”.
    Related Articles, as CMS lists them: Article A52517 · Article A55426 · Article A58822

From CMS's LCD code table. HCPCS Level II codes only.

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CMS's LCD code table in the Medicare Coverage Database download, archived 2026-10-09: Our archived file.

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