Summary & Overview
HCPCS A6443: Conforming Non-Elastic Bandage, 3–5 Inch, Per Yard
HCPCS Level II code A6443 identifies a conforming, non-elastic, knitted or woven, non-sterile bandage supplied per yard with a width between three and five inches. This supply code is relevant across outpatient and home-based wound care settings where clinicians and suppliers provide dressing materials for compression, securing dressings, or general wound management. Nationally, such supply codes matter for consistent billing of common wound care supplies and for tracking utilization and costs associated with ambulatory and home health wound management.
Key payers addressed in this profile include Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna Health, UnitedHealthcare, and Medicare. Readers will find an overview of the clinical context for A6443, typical service settings, and which stakeholders use the code. The publication summarizes benchmarking and reimbursement context where available, highlights billing considerations tied to supply measurement (per yard), and notes common places where the code is applied in practice.
This summary is intended to orient coding, billing, and procurement professionals to the code's clinical use and payer relevance, and to indicate what follows in the full profile: rate benchmarks (when available), coding nuances, and operational considerations for supplying and documenting conforming bandages in outpatient and home health environments. Data not available in the input is identified where applicable.
Billing Code Overview
HCPCS Level II code A6443 describes a conforming, non-elastic bandage that is knitted or woven, non-sterile, and measured per yard with a width ≥ 3 inches and < 5 inches. The item is supplied in lengths and billed by the yard.
Service type: Wound care supply / durable medical supply
Typical site of service: Outpatient clinics, wound care centers, home health visits, and retail medical supply settings where dressing supplies are provided or dispensed.
Clinical & Coding Specifications
Clinical Context
A patient presents to an outpatient wound care clinic with a healing lower-extremity venous stasis ulcer requiring non-elastic compression dressing to support venous return and secure primary dressings. The clinician measures the limb and determines a conforming, non-elastic knitted/woven bandage in a width between three and five inches is appropriate; the bandage is dispensed by the clinic staff by the yard and applied to the limb after wound cleansing and application of primary dressings and padding.
The clinical workflow includes assessment of the wound and limb (size, edema, skin condition), selection of the appropriate bandage width and length, cutting the A6443 bandage to the required yardage, application in a standardized compression technique (often with padding and a distal-to-proximal wrap), patient education on care and wear time, documentation of wound status and supplies used, and issuance of a supply receipt or order for home use if continued compression is indicated. Typical follow-up occurs in 1–2 weeks to reassess healing and supply needs.
Coding Specifications
| Modifier | Description | When to Use |
|---|---|---|
00 | No modifier; default. | Use when no modifier applies to the supply claim. |