Med rsn no etoh couns
Documentation of medical reason(s) for not providing brief counseling if identified as an unhealthy alcohol user (e.g., limited life expectancy, other medical reasons)
This code is no longer in use: it was retired on 2023-01-01. No replacement code is listed here.
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G2203 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
{
"data": {
"code": "G2203",
"parent": null,
"status": "retired",
"system": "hcpcs",
"display": "Med rsn no etoh couns",
"billable": false,
"attributes": {
"betos": "Z2",
"coverage": "C",
"action_code": "N",
"type_of_service": "1",
"pricing_indicator": "00",
"action_effective_date": "2023-01-01"
},
"description": "Documentation of medical reason(s) for not providing brief counseling if identified as an unhealthy alcohol user (e.g., limited life expectancy, other medical reasons)",
"replaced_by": [],
"effective_end": "2023-01-01",
"effective_start": "2021-01-01",
"care_categories": [],
"care_category_details": []
},
"meta": {
"source": "cms-hcpcs",
"data_version": "2026-10"
}
}CMS attributes
Change history
G2203 has been in effect since 2021-01-01 and was retired on 2023-01-01. 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/G2203 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G2203. 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.