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C9088

Instill, bupivac and meloxic

Instillation, bupivacaine and meloxicam, 1 mg/0.03 mg

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Retired 2025-10-01
Billable
No
In effect from
2022-01-01

This code is no longer in use: it was retired on 2025-10-01. No replacement code is listed here.

Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C9088 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "C9088",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "retired",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Instill, bupivac and meloxic",
    "billable": false,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "O1E",
      "coverage": "D",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "9",
      "pricing_indicator": "53",
      "action_effective_date": "2025-10-01"
    },
    "description": "Instillation, bupivacaine and meloxicam, 1 mg/0.03 mg",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": "2025-10-01",
    "effective_start": "2022-01-01",
    "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

C9088 in the HCPCS file

betos
O1E
coverage
D
action code
N
type of service
9
pricing indicator
53
action effective date
2025-10-01

Change history

Lifecycle

C9088 has been in effect since 2022-01-01 and was retired on 2025-10-01. 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

Look up C9088 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C9088 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code C9088. 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.