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G0051

Pt hospice mnth

Patients under hospice care in the current reporting month

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2022-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G0051 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "G0051",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Pt hospice mnth",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "Z2",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "1",
      "pricing_indicator": "00",
      "action_effective_date": "2022-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Patients under hospice care in the current reporting month",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2022-01-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "hospice-and-end-of-life"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "hospice-and-end-of-life",
        "name": "Hospice and end-of-life care",
        "confidence": 0.85,
        "derivation": "derived",
        "evidence": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/coding-billing/healthcare-common-procedure-system/quarterly-update",
            "anchor": "HCPCS Level II long description"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

G0051 in the HCPCS file

betos
Z2
coverage
C
action code
N
type of service
1
pricing indicator
00
action effective date
2022-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

G0051 has been in effect since 2022-01-01. 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 G0051 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G0051 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G0051. 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.