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G2213

Initiat med assist tx in er

Initiation of medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder in the emergency department setting, including assessment, referral to ongoing care, and arranging access to supportive services (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2021-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G2213 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "G2213",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Initiat med assist tx in er",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "Z2",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "1",
      "pricing_indicator": "11",
      "action_effective_date": "2021-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Initiation of medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder in the emergency department setting, including assessment, referral to ongoing care, and arranging access to supportive services (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2021-01-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "addiction-treatment"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "addiction-treatment",
        "name": "Addiction treatment",
        "confidence": 0.85,
        "derivation": "derived",
        "evidence": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/coding-billing/healthcare-common-procedure-system/quarterly-update",
            "anchor": "HCPCS Level II long description"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

G2213 in the HCPCS file

betos
Z2
coverage
C
action code
N
type of service
1
pricing indicator
11
action effective date
2021-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

G2213 has been in effect since 2021-01-01. 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 G2213 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G2213 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G2213. 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.