Neg pre wound <=50 sq cm
Negative pressure wound therapy, (e.g. vacuum assisted drainage collection) using a mechanically-powered device, not durable medical equipment, including provision of cartridge and dressing(s), topical application(s), wound assessment, and instructions for ongoing care, per session; total wounds(s) surface area less than or equal to 50 square centimeters
This code is no longer in use: it was retired on 2015-01-01. No replacement code is listed here.
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G0456 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
{
"data": {
"code": "G0456",
"parent": null,
"status": "retired",
"system": "hcpcs",
"display": "Neg pre wound <=50 sq cm",
"billable": false,
"attributes": {
"betos": "P6A",
"coverage": "C",
"action_code": "N",
"type_of_service": "1",
"pricing_indicator": "13",
"action_effective_date": "2015-01-01"
},
"description": "Negative pressure wound therapy, (e.g. vacuum assisted drainage collection) using a mechanically-powered device, not durable medical equipment, including provision of cartridge and dressing(s), topical application(s), wound assessment, and instructions for ongoing care, per session; total wounds(s) surface area less than or equal to 50 square centimeters",
"replaced_by": [],
"effective_end": "2015-01-01",
"effective_start": "2013-01-01",
"care_categories": [
"skin-procedures"
],
"care_category_details": [
{
"slug": "skin-procedures",
"name": "Skin and breast procedures",
"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 P6A"
}
],
"as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
]
},
"meta": {
"source": "cms-hcpcs",
"data_version": "2026-10"
}
}CMS attributes
Change history
G0456 has been in effect since 2013-01-01 and was retired on 2015-01-01. 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/G0456 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G0456. 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.