HCPCS Level II › A codes A6000 Wound warming wound coverNon-contact wound warming wound cover for use with the non-contact wound warming device and warming card
Medicare coverage: Non-covered by Medicare Status: active (October 2026 file) Medically Unlikely Edits (effective October 1, 2026) Practitioner: max 0 units per day (clinical), rationale: CMS Policy Outpatient hospital: max 0 units per day (clinical), rationale: CMS Policy DME supplier: max 0 units per day (clinical), rationale: CMS Policy Medicare pricing for A6000 Physician Fee Schedule (CY 2026, RVU26D) Status N: non-covered service.
Payer policies and prior authorization for A6000 15 of 15 payer prior-auth lists that name A6000 require prior authorization or set conditions: UnitedHealthcare Community Plan.
Payer Plan State Prior auth Conditions Since Source UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Maryland HealthChoice MD prior auth required Sep 1, 2026 Prior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Maryland Effective September 1, 2026 UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Minnesota Metro Medicaid MN prior auth required Oct 1, 2024 Prior authorization requirements for Minnesota Medicaid Effective October 1, 2024 UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Mississippi CHIP MS prior auth required Apr 1, 2025 Prior authorization requirements for Mississippi Children’s Health Insurance Program Effective Apr. 1, 2025 UnitedHealthcare Community Plan MississippiCAN MS prior auth required Apr 1, 2025 Prior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Mississippi – Mississippi Coordinated Access Network (MississippiCAN) Effective Apr. 1, 2025 UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Missouri Medicaid MO prior auth required Jul 1, 2026 Prior authorization requirements for Missouri Medicaid Effective July 1, 2026 UnitedHealthcare Community Plan New Jersey FamilyCare NJ prior auth required Oct 1, 2026 Prior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of New Jersey Effective October 1, 2026 General Information This list contains prior authorization requirements for participating U UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Pennsylvania CHIP PA prior auth required Jul 1, 2026 Prior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Pennsylvania CHIP Effective July 1, 2026 UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Pennsylvania Medicaid PA prior auth required Jul 1, 2026 Prior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Pennsylvania Effective July 1, 2026 UnitedHealthcare Community Plan TennCare TN prior auth required Oct 1, 2026 Prior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Tennessee Effective October 1, 2026 UnitedHealthcare Community Plan UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Florida FL prior auth required Oct 1, 2026 Prior authorization requirements for UnitedHeathcare Community Plan of Florida Effective October 1, 2026 UnitedHealthcare Community Plan UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Hawaii (QUEST Integration) HI prior auth required Oct 1, 2026 Prior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Hawaii Effective October 1, 2026 UnitedHealthcare Community Plan UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of New York NY prior auth required Oct 1, 2026 Prior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of New York Effective October 1, 2026 UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Virginia Cardinal Care LTSS VA prior auth required Oct 1, 2026 Prior authorization requirements for Virginia Cardinal Care LTSS Effective October 1, 2026 UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Virginia Cardinal Care Medicaid VA prior auth required Oct 1, 2026 Prior authorization requirements for Virginia Cardinal Care Effective October 1, 2026 UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Washington Apple Health WA prior auth required Oct 1, 2026 Prior authorization requirements for the UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Washington Effective April 1, 2023
Payer coverage policies that name A6000 A6000 appears in 2 coverage policies from Aetna, Health Care Service Corporation (BCBS IL, TX, OK, NM, MT).
Payer Policy Role in policy Reviewed Document Aetna Wound Imaging and Noninvasive Wound Therapy (0372) not covered May 21, 2026 payer document Health Care Service Corporation (BCBS IL, TX, OK, NM, MT) Noncontact Normothermic Wound Therapy (NNWT) (DME101.050) listed, no stance payer document
Recent prior-auth changes Oct 1, 2026: PA removed, Oxford Health Plans Medicaid fee-for-service Prior authorization required or conditional in IL, OH, VA.
IL: $114.14 (dme), effective Jan 1, 2026 VT: $0.00 (outpatient_hospital_opps), effective Feb 1, 2026 WY: $0.00 (outpatient_hospital_apc, Children's Hospitals), effective Apr 1, 2026 From payers' published prior-auth lists, coverage policies and state Medicaid fee schedules, updated Oct 16, 2026. The role is what the policy's own code table or text says about the code. Not a guarantee of coverage or payment; verify with the payer. CPT® is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.