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A4628

Oropharyngeal suction cath

Oral and/or oropharyngeal suction catheter, each

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
1996-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/A4628 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "A4628",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Oropharyngeal suction cath",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "D1E",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "A",
      "pricing_indicator": "32",
      "action_effective_date": "2023-04-01"
    },
    "description": "Oral and/or oropharyngeal suction catheter, each",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "1996-01-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "breathing-supplies"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "breathing-supplies",
        "name": "Breathing, nebulizer and tracheostomy 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 A4605-A4629"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

A4628 in the HCPCS file

betos
D1E
coverage
C
action code
N
type of service
A
pricing indicator
32
action effective date
2023-04-01

Change history

Lifecycle

A4628 has been in effect since 1996-01-01. 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 A4628 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/A4628 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code A4628. 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.