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Product Type: Powered Pressure-reducing Air Mattress
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HCPCS : E0277 RR (Medicare DME co-payment per billable unit min / max: $6.72 / $8.22)
Med-aire Essential 8" Alternating Pressure And Low Air Loss Mattress System is a Powered Pressure-reducing Air Mattress.
INTENDED USES: To prevent, treat and manage pressure ulcers in the home or long term care setting.
CLAIMED FEATURES: The med-aire essential combination therapy mattress system provides both alternating pressure and low air loss to optimize pressure redistribution and manage skin maceration. The med-aire essential incorporates a system of eighteen 8 inch deep individual bladders to maximize immersion and envelopment. The pump offers a static feature as well as adjustable comfort settings by patient weight. The removable cover is quilted for comfort, low shear, anti-microbial, water-resistant and vapor permeable. Plus, a CPR valve allows for rapid deflation.
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Pressure reducing support surfaces are a type of medical equipment used for the care of pressure sores, also known as pressure ulcers or injuries. Pressure ulcers are lesions caused by constant pressure on areas in contact with the mattress, resulting in damage of skin and deep tissues.
Some pressure reducing mattresses are powered by electricity (known as powered pressure-reducing air mattresses) and others are not. They replace a standard hospital or home mattress and are either integrated to or placed on a hospital bed frame. Powered pressure reducing mattresses have a surface designed to reduce friction and shear through technologies know as alternating pressure, low air loss, or powered flotation without low air loss. They have a pump or blower which provides either sequential inflation and deflation of the air cells or a low interface pressure throughout the mattress. They are indicated for persons with deeper pressure ulcers (stage II, III or IV) or after surgery, for persons who received a flap or skin graft to cover a wound.
Local Coverage Determination for Pressure Reducing Support Surfaces - Group 2 (L33642)
Powered pressure-reducing air mattresses can be rented through Medicare from medical equipment stores. You can also purchase this product "out-of-pocket" (without insurance), from medical equipment stores.
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