Skip to content
healthcare.dev

G0281

Elec stim unattend for press

Electrical stimulation, (unattended), to one or more areas, for chronic stage iii and stage iv pressure ulcers, arterial ulcers, diabetic ulcers, and venous stasis ulcers not demonstrating measurable signs of healing after 30 days of conventional care, as part of a therapy plan of care

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2003-04-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G0281 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "G0281",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Elec stim unattend for press",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "P5E",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "1",
      "pricing_indicator": "11",
      "action_effective_date": "2003-04-01"
    },
    "description": "Electrical stimulation, (unattended), to one or more areas, for chronic stage iii and stage iv pressure ulcers, arterial ulcers, diabetic ulcers, and venous stasis ulcers not demonstrating measurable signs of healing after 30 days of conventional care, as part of a therapy plan of care",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2003-04-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "wounds-and-ulcers"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "wounds-and-ulcers",
        "name": "Wounds, pressure sores and skin ulcers",
        "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 G0281-G0283"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

G0281 in the HCPCS file

betos
P5E
coverage
C
action code
N
type of service
1
pricing indicator
11
action effective date
2003-04-01

Change history

Lifecycle

G0281 has been in effect since 2003-04-01. 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 G0281 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G0281 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G0281. 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.