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E0606

Drainage board postural

Postural drainage board

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
1986-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/E0606 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "E0606",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Drainage board postural",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "D1E",
      "coverage": "D",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "R",
      "pricing_indicator": "36",
      "action_effective_date": "1996-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Postural drainage board",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "1986-01-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "oxygen-and-breathing-equipment"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "oxygen-and-breathing-equipment",
        "name": "Oxygen and breathing equipment",
        "confidence": 0.95,
        "derivation": "source_stated",
        "evidence": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/coding-billing/healthcare-common-procedure-system/quarterly-update",
            "anchor": "HCPCS Level II range E0605-E0606"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

E0606 in the HCPCS file

betos
D1E
coverage
D
action code
N
type of service
R
pricing indicator
36
action effective date
1996-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

E0606 has been in effect since 1986-01-01. 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 E0606 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/E0606 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code E0606. 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.