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C8004

Sim ang w/prs cath rad emb

Simulation angiogram with use of a pressure-generating catheter (e.g., one-way valve or occlusion balloon, intermittently or temporarily occluding), inclusive of all radiological supervision and interpretation, intraprocedural roadmapping, and imaging guidance necessary to complete the angiogram, for subsequent therapeutic radioembolization of tumors

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2025-04-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C8004 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "C8004",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Sim ang w/prs cath rad emb",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "P1G",
      "coverage": "D",
      "action_code": "C",
      "type_of_service": "2",
      "pricing_indicator": "53",
      "action_effective_date": "2026-10-01"
    },
    "description": "Simulation angiogram with use of a pressure-generating catheter (e.g., one-way valve or occlusion balloon, intermittently or temporarily occluding), inclusive of all radiological supervision and interpretation, intraprocedural roadmapping, and imaging guidance necessary to complete the angiogram, for subsequent therapeutic radioembolization of tumors",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2025-04-01",
    "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

C8004 in the HCPCS file

betos
P1G
coverage
D
action code
C
type of service
2
pricing indicator
53
action effective date
2026-10-01

Change history

Lifecycle

C8004 has been in effect since 2025-04-01. 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 C8004 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C8004 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code C8004. 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.