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E1820

Soft interface material

Replacement soft interface material, dynamic adjustable extension/flexion device

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
1996-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/E1820 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "E1820",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Soft interface material",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "D1E",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "P",
      "pricing_indicator": "32",
      "action_effective_date": "2002-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Replacement soft interface material, dynamic adjustable extension/flexion device",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "1996-01-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "medical-equipment"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "medical-equipment",
        "name": "Medical equipment and supplies",
        "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 E0100-E8999"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

E1820 in the HCPCS file

betos
D1E
coverage
C
action code
N
type of service
P
pricing indicator
32
action effective date
2002-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

E1820 has been in effect since 1996-01-01. 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 E1820 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/E1820 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code E1820. 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.