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G0384

Lev 5 hosp type b ed visit

Level 5 hospital emergency department visit provided in a type b emergency department; (the ed must meet at least one of the following requirements: (1) it is licensed by the state in which it is located under applicable state law as an emergency room or emergency department; (2) it is held out to the public (by name, posted signs, advertising, or other means) as a place that provides care for emergency medical conditions on an urgent basis without requiring a previously scheduled appointment; or (3) during the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which a determination under 42 cfr 489.24 is being made, based on a representative sample of patient visits that occurred during that calendar year, it provides at least one-third of all of its outpatient visits for the treatment of emergency medical conditions on an urgent basis without requiring a previously scheduled appointment)

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2007-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G0384 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "G0384",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Lev 5 hosp type b ed visit",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "M3",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "1",
      "pricing_indicator": "00",
      "action_effective_date": "2008-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Level 5 hospital emergency department visit provided in a type b emergency department; (the ed must meet at least one of the following requirements: (1) it is licensed by the state in which it is located under applicable state law as an emergency room or emergency department; (2) it is held out to the public (by name, posted signs, advertising, or other means) as a place that provides care for emergency medical conditions on an urgent basis without requiring a previously scheduled appointment; or (3) during the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which a determination under 42 cfr 489.24 is being made, based on a representative sample of patient visits that occurred during that calendar year, it provides at least one-third of all of its outpatient visits for the treatment of emergency medical conditions on an urgent basis without requiring a previously scheduled appointment)",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2007-01-01",
    "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 M3"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

G0384 in the HCPCS file

betos
M3
coverage
C
action code
N
type of service
1
pricing indicator
00
action effective date
2008-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

G0384 has been in effect since 2007-01-01. 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 G0384 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G0384 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G0384. 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.