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A0190

Noner transport meals recip

Non-emergency transportation: ancillary: meals-recipient

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
1984-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/A0190 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "A0190",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Noner transport meals recip",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "O1A",
      "coverage": "I",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "D",
      "pricing_indicator": "00",
      "action_effective_date": "1984-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Non-emergency transportation: ancillary: meals-recipient",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "1984-01-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "ambulance-and-transport"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "ambulance-and-transport",
        "name": "Ambulance and medical transport",
        "confidence": 0.9,
        "derivation": "source_stated",
        "evidence": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/coding-billing/healthcare-common-procedure-system/quarterly-update",
            "anchor": "HCPCS Level II range A0000-A0999"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

A0190 in the HCPCS file

betos
O1A
coverage
I
action code
N
type of service
D
pricing indicator
00
action effective date
1984-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

A0190 has been in effect since 1984-01-01. This page shows HCPCS Level II release 2026-10.

Add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD to the request to get this code exactly as it was on a past date. The change feed (GET /v1/changes) lists what each release added, changed or retired across the whole dataset; a per-code change list isn't published yet.

Use it

Look up A0190 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/A0190 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code A0190. Tell me what it covers, whether it is active and since when, and any CMS attributes it has.

Source: CMS, release 2026-10. Public domain (D-series CDT codes excluded). Reference data, not medical or billing advice.