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B4216

Parenteral nutrition additiv

Parenteral nutrition; additives (vitamins, trace elements, heparin, electrolytes), home mix, per day

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
1984-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/B4216 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "B4216",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Parenteral nutrition additiv",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "O1C",
      "coverage": "D",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "E",
      "pricing_indicator": "39",
      "action_effective_date": "2002-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Parenteral nutrition; additives (vitamins, trace elements, heparin, electrolytes), home mix, per day",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "1984-01-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "iv-fluids-and-nutrition"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "iv-fluids-and-nutrition",
        "name": "IV fluids and IV nutrition",
        "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 B4164-B5200"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

B4216 in the HCPCS file

betos
O1C
coverage
D
action code
N
type of service
E
pricing indicator
39
action effective date
2002-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

B4216 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 B4216 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/B4216 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code B4216. 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.