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G0508

Crit care telehea consult 60

Telehealth consultation, critical care, initial , physicians typically spend 60 minutes communicating with the patient and providers via telehealth

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2017-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G0508 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "G0508",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Crit care telehea consult 60",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "M5D",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "1",
      "pricing_indicator": "13",
      "action_effective_date": "2017-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Telehealth consultation, critical care, initial , physicians typically spend 60 minutes communicating with the patient and providers via telehealth",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2017-01-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "telehealth"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "telehealth",
        "name": "Telehealth and virtual visits",
        "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 G0508-G0509"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

G0508 in the HCPCS file

betos
M5D
coverage
C
action code
N
type of service
1
pricing indicator
13
action effective date
2017-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

G0508 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

Look up G0508 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G0508 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G0508. 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.