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C7556

Bronch lavage w/ebus

Bronchoscopy, rigid or flexible, with bronchial alveolar lavage and transendoscopic endobronchial ultrasound (ebus) during bronchoscopic diagnostic or therapeutic intervention(s) for peripheral lesion(s), including fluoroscopic guidance, when performed

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2024-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C7556 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "C7556",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Bronch lavage w/ebus",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "P8F",
      "coverage": "D",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "2",
      "pricing_indicator": "99",
      "action_effective_date": "2024-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Bronchoscopy, rigid or flexible, with bronchial alveolar lavage and transendoscopic endobronchial ultrasound (ebus) during bronchoscopic diagnostic or therapeutic intervention(s) for peripheral lesion(s), including fluoroscopic guidance, when performed",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2024-01-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "lung-procedures"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "lung-procedures",
        "name": "Lung and airway procedures",
        "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 P8F"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

C7556 in the HCPCS file

betos
P8F
coverage
D
action code
N
type of service
2
pricing indicator
99
action effective date
2024-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

C7556 has been in effect since 2024-01-01. 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 C7556 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C7556 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code C7556. 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.