Mod sedat endo service >5yrs
Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monitoring of the patient's level of consciousness and physiological status; initial 15 minutes of intra-service time; patient age 5 years or older (additional time may be reported with 99153, as appropriate)
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G0500 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
{
"data": {
"code": "G0500",
"parent": null,
"status": "active",
"system": "hcpcs",
"display": "Mod sedat endo service >5yrs",
"billable": true,
"attributes": {
"betos": "P0",
"coverage": "C",
"action_code": "N",
"type_of_service": "1",
"pricing_indicator": "13",
"action_effective_date": "2017-01-01"
},
"description": "Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monitoring of the patient's level of consciousness and physiological status; initial 15 minutes of intra-service time; patient age 5 years or older (additional time may be reported with 99153, as appropriate)",
"replaced_by": [],
"effective_end": null,
"effective_start": "2017-01-01",
"care_categories": [
"anesthesia"
],
"care_category_details": [
{
"slug": "anesthesia",
"name": "Anesthesia and numbing medicines",
"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 code G0500"
}
],
"as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
]
},
"meta": {
"source": "cms-hcpcs",
"data_version": "2026-10"
}
}CMS attributes
Change history
G0500 has been in effect since 2017-01-01. 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/G0500 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G0500. 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.