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G8815

Doc reas no statin therapy

Documented reason in the medical records for why the statin therapy was not prescribed (i.e., lower extremity bypass was for a patient with non-artherosclerotic disease)

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2012-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G8815 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "G8815",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Doc reas no statin therapy",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "M5B",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "1",
      "pricing_indicator": "00",
      "action_effective_date": "2017-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Documented reason in the medical records for why the statin therapy was not prescribed (i.e., lower extremity bypass was for a patient with non-artherosclerotic disease)",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2012-01-01",
    "care_categories": [],
    "care_category_details": []
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

G8815 in the HCPCS file

betos
M5B
coverage
C
action code
N
type of service
1
pricing indicator
00
action effective date
2017-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

G8815 has been in effect since 2012-01-01. 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 G8815 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G8815 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G8815. 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.