# CMS Establishes New HCPCS Codes for TOMAC RLS Therapy

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services created new HCPCS codes for the TOMAC wearable device to treat restless legs syndrome.

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established two dedicated Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes for the TOMAC system effective October 1, 2024. [^1]

Code E0743 is billed per unit, meaning two units are required for bilateral therapy, and staff must not assume the code descriptor covers both legs automatically. [^2]

Payer policies commonly require documentation that the patient is refractory to medications or unable to tolerate them, such as gabapentin, dopamine agonists, or opioids. [^3]

The TOMAC system is classified as durable medical equipment (DME) and is priced as a capped rental rather than a one-time supply or implanted neurostimulator. [^4]

According to CAQH, eligibility runs 96% electronically, but prior authorization is only 40% fully electronic, and attachments sit at 24% in medical spaces. [^5]

CMS-0057-F requires payers to expose FHIR APIs, including for prior authorization, by January 1, 2027, which will convert execution from brittle screen-scraping into a clean engineering problem. [^6]

HFMA reported that up to 65% of denied claims are never reworked because there are more defensible denials than biller-hours available to defend them. [^7]

Most RCM AI tools function as coordination systems that recommend actions, score denials, and draft appeal letters, but they route the final task back to a person to log in and finish the work. [^8]

## What this stands on

1. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established two dedicated Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes for the TOMAC system effective October 1, 2024. (American Academy of Sleep Medicine – Association for Sleep Clinicians and Researchers, News)
2. Code E0743 is billed per unit, meaning two units are required for bilateral therapy, and staff must not assume the code descriptor covers both legs automatically. (American Academy of Sleep Medicine – Association for Sleep Clinicians and Researchers, News)
3. Payer policies commonly require documentation that the patient is refractory to medications or unable to tolerate them, such as gabapentin, dopamine agonists, or opioids. (American Academy of Sleep Medicine – Association for Sleep Clinicians and Researchers, News)
4. The TOMAC system is classified as durable medical equipment (DME) and is priced as a capped rental rather than a one-time supply or implanted neurostimulator. (American Academy of Sleep Medicine – Association for Sleep Clinicians and Researchers, News)
5. According to CAQH, eligibility runs 96% electronically, but prior authorization is only 40% fully electronic, and attachments sit at 24% in medical spaces. (Forbes, News)
6. CMS-0057-F requires payers to expose FHIR APIs, including for prior authorization, by January 1, 2027, which will convert execution from brittle screen-scraping into a clean engineering problem. (Forbes, News)
7. HFMA reported that up to 65% of denied claims are never reworked because there are more defensible denials than biller-hours available to defend them. (Forbes, News)
8. Most RCM AI tools function as coordination systems that recommend actions, score denials, and draft appeal letters, but they route the final task back to a person to log in and finish the work. (Forbes, News)

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