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G9520

Refract not +/- 1.0 w/in 90d

Patient does not achieve final refraction (spherical equivalent) +/- 1.0 diopters of their planned refraction within 90 days of surgery

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2016-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G9520 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "G9520",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Refract not +/- 1.0 w/in 90d",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "Z2",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "1",
      "pricing_indicator": "00",
      "action_effective_date": "2020-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Patient does not achieve final refraction (spherical equivalent) +/- 1.0 diopters of their planned refraction within 90 days of surgery",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2016-01-01",
    "care_categories": [],
    "care_category_details": []
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

G9520 in the HCPCS file

betos
Z2
coverage
C
action code
N
type of service
1
pricing indicator
00
action effective date
2020-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

G9520 has been in effect since 2016-01-01. 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 G9520 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G9520 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G9520. 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.