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G9442

Statin not presc doc reas

Statin not prescribed for documented reasons (e.g., allergy, medical intolerance)

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Retired 2017-01-01
Billable
No
In effect from
2015-01-01

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/G9442 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "G9442",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "retired",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Statin not presc doc reas",
    "billable": false,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "Z2",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "1",
      "pricing_indicator": "00",
      "action_effective_date": "2017-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Statin not prescribed for documented reasons (e.g., allergy, medical intolerance)",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": "2017-01-01",
    "effective_start": "2015-01-01",
    "care_categories": [],
    "care_category_details": []
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

G9442 in the HCPCS file

betos
Z2
coverage
C
action code
N
type of service
1
pricing indicator
00
action effective date
2017-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

G9442 has been in effect since 2015-01-01 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 G9442 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G9442 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G9442. 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.