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C9751

Microwave bronch, 3d, ebus

Bronchoscopy, rigid or flexible, transbronchial ablation of lesion(s) by microwave energy, including fluoroscopic guidance, when performed, with computed tomography acquisition(s) and 3-d rendering, computer-assisted, image-guided navigation, and endobronchial ultrasound (ebus) guided transtracheal and/or transbronchial sampling (e.g., aspiration[s]/biopsy[ies]) and all mediastinal and/or hilar lymph node stations or structures and therapeutic intervention(s)

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Retired 2026-01-01
Billable
No
In effect from
2019-01-01

This code is no longer in use: it was retired on 2026-01-01. No replacement code is listed here.

Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C9751 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "C9751",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "retired",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Microwave bronch, 3d, ebus",
    "billable": false,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "P8F",
      "coverage": "D",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "2",
      "pricing_indicator": "53",
      "action_effective_date": "2026-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Bronchoscopy, rigid or flexible, transbronchial ablation of lesion(s) by microwave energy, including fluoroscopic guidance, when performed, with computed tomography acquisition(s) and 3-d rendering, computer-assisted, image-guided navigation, and endobronchial ultrasound (ebus) guided transtracheal and/or transbronchial sampling (e.g., aspiration[s]/biopsy[ies]) and all mediastinal and/or hilar lymph node stations or structures and therapeutic intervention(s)",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": "2026-01-01",
    "effective_start": "2019-01-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "lung-procedures"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "lung-procedures",
        "name": "Lung and airway procedures",
        "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 P8F"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

C9751 in the HCPCS file

betos
P8F
coverage
D
action code
N
type of service
2
pricing indicator
53
action effective date
2026-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

C9751 has been in effect since 2019-01-01 and was retired on 2026-01-01. 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 C9751 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/C9751 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code C9751. 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.