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A5506

Diabetic shoe w/off set heel

For diabetics only, modification (including fitting) of off-the-shelf depth-inlay shoe or custom-molded shoe with off-set heel(s), per shoe

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
1995-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/A5506 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "A5506",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Diabetic shoe w/off set heel",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "D1F",
      "coverage": "D",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "J",
      "pricing_indicator": "38",
      "action_effective_date": "2005-01-01"
    },
    "description": "For diabetics only, modification (including fitting) of off-the-shelf depth-inlay shoe or custom-molded shoe with off-set heel(s), per shoe",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "1995-01-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "diabetic-shoes"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "diabetic-shoes",
        "name": "Diabetic shoes and inserts",
        "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 A5500-A5514"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

A5506 in the HCPCS file

betos
D1F
coverage
D
action code
N
type of service
J
pricing indicator
38
action effective date
2005-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

A5506 has been in effect since 1995-01-01. 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 A5506 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/A5506 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code A5506. 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.