Pos pain assess no f/u doc
Pain assessment documented as positive using a standardized tool, follow-up plan not documented, reason not given
This code is no longer in use: it was retired on 2021-01-01. No replacement code is listed here.
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G8509 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
{
"data": {
"code": "G8509",
"parent": null,
"status": "retired",
"system": "hcpcs",
"display": "Pos pain assess no f/u doc",
"billable": false,
"attributes": {
"betos": "M5D",
"coverage": "C",
"action_code": "N",
"type_of_service": "1",
"pricing_indicator": "00",
"action_effective_date": "2021-01-01"
},
"description": "Pain assessment documented as positive using a standardized tool, follow-up plan not documented, reason not given",
"replaced_by": [],
"effective_end": "2021-01-01",
"effective_start": "2009-01-01",
"care_categories": [],
"care_category_details": []
},
"meta": {
"source": "cms-hcpcs",
"data_version": "2026-10"
}
}CMS attributes
Change history
G8509 has been in effect since 2009-01-01 and was retired on 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
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G8509 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G8509. 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.