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C9469

Inj triamcinolone acetonide

Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, preservative-free, extended-release, microsphere formulation, 1 mg

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Retired 2018-07-01
Billable
No
In effect from
2018-04-01

This code is no longer in use: it was retired on 2018-07-01. No replacement code is listed here.

Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C9469 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "C9469",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "retired",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Inj triamcinolone acetonide",
    "billable": false,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "O1E",
      "coverage": "D",
      "action_code": "N",
      "cross_reference": "Q9993",
      "type_of_service": "9",
      "pricing_indicator": "53",
      "action_effective_date": "2018-07-01"
    },
    "description": "Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, preservative-free, extended-release, microsphere formulation, 1 mg",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": "2018-07-01",
    "effective_start": "2018-04-01",
    "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 range C9000-C9999 (description)"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

C9469 in the HCPCS file

betos
O1E
coverage
D
action code
N
cross reference
Q9993
type of service
9
pricing indicator
53
action effective date
2018-07-01

Change history

Lifecycle

C9469 has been in effect since 2018-04-01 and was retired on 2018-07-01. 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 C9469 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C9469 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code C9469. 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.