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C9726

Rxt breast appl place/remov

Placement and removal (if performed) of applicator into breast for intraoperative radiation therapy, add-on to primary breast procedure

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2006-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C9726 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "C9726",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Rxt breast appl place/remov",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "P7A",
      "coverage": "D",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "6",
      "pricing_indicator": "53",
      "action_effective_date": "2014-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Placement and removal (if performed) of applicator into breast for intraoperative radiation therapy, add-on to primary breast procedure",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2006-01-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "radiation-therapy"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "radiation-therapy",
        "name": "Radiation therapy",
        "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 P7A"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

C9726 in the HCPCS file

betos
P7A
coverage
D
action code
N
type of service
6
pricing indicator
53
action effective date
2014-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

C9726 has been in effect since 2006-01-01. 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 C9726 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C9726 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code C9726. 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.