Dexamethasone ophth insert
Dexamethasone, lacrimal ophthalmic insert, 0.1 mg
This code is no longer in use: it was retired on 2019-10-01. No replacement code is listed here.
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C9048 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
{
"data": {
"code": "C9048",
"parent": null,
"status": "retired",
"system": "hcpcs",
"display": "Dexamethasone ophth insert",
"billable": false,
"attributes": {
"betos": "O1E",
"coverage": "D",
"action_code": "N",
"cross_reference": "J1096",
"type_of_service": "9",
"pricing_indicator": "53",
"action_effective_date": "2019-10-01"
},
"description": "Dexamethasone, lacrimal ophthalmic insert, 0.1 mg",
"replaced_by": [],
"effective_end": "2019-10-01",
"effective_start": "2019-07-01",
"care_categories": [
"medications-given-by-a-provider"
],
"care_category_details": [
{
"slug": "medications-given-by-a-provider",
"name": "Medications given by a provider",
"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 O1E"
}
],
"as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
]
},
"meta": {
"source": "cms-hcpcs",
"data_version": "2026-10"
}
}CMS attributes
Change history
C9048 has been in effect since 2019-07-01 and was retired on 2019-10-01. 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
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C9048 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code C9048. 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.