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G2078

Take-home meth

Take-home supply of methadone; up to 7 additional day supply (provision of the services by a medicare-enrolled opioid treatment program); list separately in addition to code for primary procedure

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2020-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G2078 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "G2078",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Take-home meth",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "M5D",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "1",
      "pricing_indicator": "13",
      "action_effective_date": "2020-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Take-home supply of methadone; up to 7 additional day supply (provision of the services by a medicare-enrolled opioid treatment program); list separately in addition to code for primary procedure",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2020-01-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "addiction-treatment"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "addiction-treatment",
        "name": "Addiction treatment",
        "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 G2067-G2080"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

G2078 in the HCPCS file

betos
M5D
coverage
C
action code
N
type of service
1
pricing indicator
13
action effective date
2020-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

G2078 has been in effect since 2020-01-01. 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 G2078 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G2078 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G2078. 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.