Comm svcs by rhc/fqhc 5 min
Payment for communication technology-based services for 5 minutes or more of a virtual (non-face-to-face) communication between an rural health clinic (rhc) or federally qualified health center (fqhc) practitioner and rhc or fqhc patient, or 5 minutes or more of remote evaluation of recorded video and/or images by an rhc or fqhc practitioner, occurring in lieu of an office visit; rhc or fqhc only
This code is no longer in use: it was retired on 2026-01-01. No replacement code is listed here.
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G0071 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
{
"data": {
"code": "G0071",
"parent": null,
"status": "retired",
"system": "hcpcs",
"display": "Comm svcs by rhc/fqhc 5 min",
"billable": false,
"attributes": {
"betos": "M5D",
"coverage": "C",
"action_code": "N",
"type_of_service": "1",
"pricing_indicator": "13",
"action_effective_date": "2026-01-01"
},
"description": "Payment for communication technology-based services for 5 minutes or more of a virtual (non-face-to-face) communication between an rural health clinic (rhc) or federally qualified health center (fqhc) practitioner and rhc or fqhc patient, or 5 minutes or more of remote evaluation of recorded video and/or images by an rhc or fqhc practitioner, occurring in lieu of an office visit; rhc or fqhc only",
"replaced_by": [],
"effective_end": "2026-01-01",
"effective_start": "2019-01-01",
"care_categories": [
"doctor-visits"
],
"care_category_details": [
{
"slug": "doctor-visits",
"name": "Doctor and clinic visits",
"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 M5D"
}
],
"as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
]
},
"meta": {
"source": "cms-hcpcs",
"data_version": "2026-10"
}
}CMS attributes
Change history
G0071 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
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G0071 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G0071. 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.