Low cost skin substitute app
Application of low cost skin substitute graft to face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, orbits, genitalia, hands, feet, and/or multiple digits, total wound surface area greater than or equal to 100 sq cm; first 100 sq cm wound surface area, or 1% of body area of infants and children
This code is no longer in use: it was retired on 2026-01-01. No replacement code is listed here.
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C5277 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
{
"data": {
"code": "C5277",
"parent": null,
"status": "retired",
"system": "hcpcs",
"display": "Low cost skin substitute app",
"billable": false,
"attributes": {
"betos": "P5A",
"coverage": "D",
"action_code": "N",
"type_of_service": "2",
"pricing_indicator": "53",
"action_effective_date": "2026-01-01"
},
"description": "Application of low cost skin substitute graft to face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, orbits, genitalia, hands, feet, and/or multiple digits, total wound surface area greater than or equal to 100 sq cm; first 100 sq cm wound surface area, or 1% of body area of infants and children",
"replaced_by": [],
"effective_end": "2026-01-01",
"effective_start": "2014-01-01",
"care_categories": [
"skin-substitutes"
],
"care_category_details": [
{
"slug": "skin-substitutes",
"name": "Skin substitutes and grafts",
"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 C5271-C5278"
}
],
"as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
]
},
"meta": {
"source": "cms-hcpcs",
"data_version": "2026-10"
}
}CMS attributes
Change history
C5277 has been in effect since 2014-01-01 and was retired on 2026-01-01. 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
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C5277 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code C5277. 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.