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C7545

Exch bil cath w/ rmv calculi

Percutaneous exchange of biliary drainage catheter (eg, external, internal-external, or conversion of internal-external to external only), with removal of calculi/debris from biliary duct(s) and/or gallbladder, including destruction of calculi by any method (eg, mechanical, electrohydraulic, lithotripsy) when performed, including diagnostic cholangiography(ies) when performed, imaging guidance (eg, fluoroscopy), and all associated radiological supervision and interpretation

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2023-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C7545 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "C7545",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Exch bil cath w/ rmv calculi",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "P1G",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "2",
      "pricing_indicator": "11",
      "action_effective_date": "2023-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Percutaneous exchange of biliary drainage catheter (eg, external, internal-external, or conversion of internal-external to external only), with removal of calculi/debris from biliary duct(s) and/or gallbladder, including destruction of calculi by any method (eg, mechanical, electrohydraulic, lithotripsy) when performed, including diagnostic cholangiography(ies) when performed, imaging guidance (eg, fluoroscopy), and all associated radiological supervision and interpretation",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2023-01-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "general-surgery"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "general-surgery",
        "name": "General surgery",
        "confidence": 0.9,
        "derivation": "source_stated",
        "evidence": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/coding-billing/healthcare-common-procedure-system/quarterly-update",
            "anchor": "HCPCS Level II BETOS type of service P1G"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

C7545 in the HCPCS file

betos
P1G
coverage
C
action code
N
type of service
2
pricing indicator
11
action effective date
2023-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

C7545 has been in effect since 2023-01-01. 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 C7545 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C7545 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code C7545. 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.