Brief alcohol misuse counsel
Brief face-to-face behavioral counseling for alcohol misuse, 15 minutes
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G0443 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
{
"data": {
"code": "G0443",
"parent": null,
"status": "active",
"system": "hcpcs",
"display": "Brief alcohol misuse counsel",
"billable": true,
"attributes": {
"betos": "Y1",
"coverage": "C",
"action_code": "N",
"type_of_service": "1",
"pricing_indicator": "13",
"action_effective_date": "2011-10-14"
},
"description": "Brief face-to-face behavioral counseling for alcohol misuse, 15 minutes",
"replaced_by": [],
"effective_end": null,
"effective_start": "2011-10-14",
"care_categories": [
"preventive-counseling"
],
"care_category_details": [
{
"slug": "preventive-counseling",
"name": "Preventive counseling",
"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 G0442-G0443"
}
],
"as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
]
},
"meta": {
"source": "cms-hcpcs",
"data_version": "2026-10"
}
}CMS attributes
Change history
G0443 has been in effect since 2011-10-14. 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/G0443 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G0443. 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.