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A4357

Bedside drainage bag

Bedside drainage bag, day or night, with or without anti-reflux device, with or without tube, each

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
1985-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/A4357 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "A4357",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Bedside drainage bag",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "D1F",
      "coverage": "D",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "P",
      "pricing_indicator": "37",
      "action_effective_date": "1996-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Bedside drainage bag, day or night, with or without anti-reflux device, with or without tube, each",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "1985-01-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "urinary-catheters"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "urinary-catheters",
        "name": "Urinary catheters and supplies",
        "confidence": 0.95,
        "derivation": "source_stated",
        "evidence": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/coding-billing/healthcare-common-procedure-system/quarterly-update",
            "anchor": "HCPCS Level II range A4310-A4360"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

A4357 in the HCPCS file

betos
D1F
coverage
D
action code
N
type of service
P
pricing indicator
37
action effective date
1996-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

A4357 has been in effect since 1985-01-01. 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 A4357 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/A4357 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code A4357. 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.