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C1840

Telescopic intraocular lens

Lens, intraocular (telescopic)

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2011-10-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C1840 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "C1840",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Telescopic intraocular lens",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "D1A",
      "coverage": "D",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "9",
      "pricing_indicator": "53",
      "action_effective_date": "2014-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Lens, intraocular (telescopic)",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2011-10-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "implanted-devices"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "implanted-devices",
        "name": "Implanted devices",
        "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 C1713-C2631"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

C1840 in the HCPCS file

betos
D1A
coverage
D
action code
N
type of service
9
pricing indicator
53
action effective date
2014-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

C1840 has been in effect since 2011-10-01. 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 C1840 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C1840 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code C1840. 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.