Resources
Medicare wound care rules, in plain English.
Guides, references and free tools for providers and billing teams. Every Medicare statement links to its CMS source and carries the date we last checked it.
Guides
Ordering, documentation and coverage.
What Medicare's surgical dressing policy asks of the order, the chart and the supplier — and how PCSS fits in.
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Medicare surgical dressing documentation: the 2026 checklist
What LCD L33831 and Policy Article A54563 ask your notes and orders to show — qualifying wound, evaluations, change frequency, refills and modifiers.
Updated October 6, 2026 - Policy update
Skin substitute payment in 2026: what changed for office-based practices
Incident-to supply payment at $127.14 per cm², the withdrawn DFU/VLU LCDs, application codes, and what the CY 2027 proposed rule would change.
Updated October 6, 2026 - Guide
Sending wound dressings home: how patient-direct ordering works
Who supplies dressings under home health, hospice or an inpatient stay, the six-element written order, wound evaluations, new orders, delivery and refills.
Updated October 6, 2026 - Guide
Collagen dressings and Medicare: codes, coverage and the PDAC listing
A6010, A6011 and A6021–A6024, covered wounds and exclusions, the 7-day wear time, and how to check a product's PDAC listing before you bill.
Updated October 6, 2026 - Guide
Unna boots under Medicare: A6456 coverage, units and weekly changes
Venous leg ulcers that are qualifying wounds, the weekly change, billing per yard, multi-layer compression systems and in-office versus home use.
Updated October 6, 2026 - Guide
Wound care kits and Medicare: how kit components are covered
Why Medicare looks at each kit component, why cleanser isn't a covered dressing, and how quantities follow the order and the documented change frequency.
Updated October 6, 2026 - Guide
Medicare refill rules for wound dressings (2024 update)
The 30-day contact window that replaced the 14-day rule, the 10-day delivery limit, no auto-shipping, refill records, and what the supplier and practice each do.
Updated October 6, 2026
Free tools
Do the paperwork in minutes.
Quantities against Medicare's usual maximums, a printable written order, a documentation self-check and every dressing code — no sign-up, no patient information.
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Dressing selector
Answer three questions about the wound and see the dressing families that usually fit, with Medicare change-frequency guidance.
Open dressing selector - Quantify
Quantity calculator
Turn change frequency, units per change and wounds into a quantity, and compare the change frequency with Medicare's usual maximum for that dressing.
Open quantity calculator - Document
Written order builder
Turn your dressing choices into a printable standard written order, ready for the treating practitioner to review and sign.
Open written order builder - Check
Documentation self-check
Quick yes-or-no checks of your dressing orders and wound notes against Medicare's documentation requirements.
Open documentation self-check - Look up
HCPCS code lookup
Search every active A6000–A6599 code by code, word or size, with CMS's official descriptors and the codes PCSS carries.
Open HCPCS code lookup
Quick reference
Codes at a glance.
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Wound dressing HCPCS codes: a quick reference
Typical HCPCS categories, pad-size bands, billing units and Medicare change-frequency limits for every dressing family PCSS carries.
Updated October 6, 2026 - Lookup
Wound care HCPCS code lookup
Every active A6000–A6599 code with CMS's official descriptor, searchable by code, words or size — and the codes PCSS suggests for each product size.
CMS HCPCS file, October 2026
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