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G9204

No reason for no hep c rna

Rna testing for hepatitis c was not documented as performed within 12 months prior to initiation of antiviral treatment for hepatitis c, reason not given

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Retired 2017-01-01
Billable
No
In effect from
2014-01-01

This code is no longer in use: it was retired on 2017-01-01. No replacement code is listed here.

Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G9204 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "G9204",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "retired",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "No reason for no hep c rna",
    "billable": false,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "M5B",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "1",
      "pricing_indicator": "00",
      "action_effective_date": "2017-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Rna testing for hepatitis c was not documented as performed within 12 months prior to initiation of antiviral treatment for hepatitis c, reason not given",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": "2017-01-01",
    "effective_start": "2014-01-01",
    "care_categories": [],
    "care_category_details": []
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

G9204 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

G9204 has been in effect since 2014-01-01 and was retired on 2017-01-01. 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 G9204 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G9204 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G9204. 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.