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G2024

Spec coll snf/lab covid-19

Specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]) from an individual in a snf or by a laboratory on behalf of a hha, any specimen source

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Retired 2023-05-12
Billable
No
In effect from
2020-03-01

This code is no longer in use: it was retired on 2023-05-12. No replacement code is listed here.

Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G2024 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "G2024",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "retired",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Spec coll snf/lab covid-19",
    "billable": false,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "T1H",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "5",
      "pricing_indicator": "21",
      "action_effective_date": "2023-05-12"
    },
    "description": "Specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]) from an individual in a snf or by a laboratory on behalf of a hha, any specimen source",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": "2023-05-12",
    "effective_start": "2020-03-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "lab-tests"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "lab-tests",
        "name": "Lab tests",
        "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 T1H"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

G2024 in the HCPCS file

betos
T1H
coverage
C
action code
N
type of service
5
pricing indicator
21
action effective date
2023-05-12

Change history

Lifecycle

G2024 has been in effect since 2020-03-01 and was retired on 2023-05-12. 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 G2024 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G2024 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G2024. 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.