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G9255

Pt dc home 2nd po day

Documentation of patient discharged to home no later than post operative day 2 following cea or cas

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2014-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G9255 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "G9255",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Pt dc home 2nd po day",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "M5B",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "1",
      "pricing_indicator": "00",
      "action_effective_date": "2025-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Documentation of patient discharged to home no later than post operative day 2 following cea or cas",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2014-01-01",
    "care_categories": [],
    "care_category_details": []
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

G9255 in the HCPCS file

betos
M5B
coverage
C
action code
N
type of service
1
pricing indicator
00
action effective date
2025-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

G9255 has been in effect since 2014-01-01. 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 G9255 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G9255 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G9255. 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.