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G9660

Doc med rsn colo pt >= 86y

Documentation of medical reason(s) for a colonoscopy performed on a patient greater than or equal to 86 years of age (e.g., iron deficiency anemia, lower gastrointestinal bleeding, familial history of adenomatous polyposis, lynch syndrome (i.e., hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer), inflammatory bowel disease (i.e., crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis), abnormal finding of gastrointestinal tract, weight loss, or changes in bowel habits)

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2016-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G9660 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "G9660",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Doc med rsn colo pt >= 86y",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "Z2",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "1",
      "pricing_indicator": "00",
      "action_effective_date": "2025-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Documentation of medical reason(s) for a colonoscopy performed on a patient greater than or equal to 86 years of age (e.g., iron deficiency anemia, lower gastrointestinal bleeding, familial history of adenomatous polyposis, lynch syndrome (i.e., hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer), inflammatory bowel disease (i.e., crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis), abnormal finding of gastrointestinal tract, weight loss, or changes in bowel habits)",
    "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

G9660 in the HCPCS file

betos
Z2
coverage
C
action code
N
type of service
1
pricing indicator
00
action effective date
2025-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

G9660 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 G9660 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G9660 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G9660. 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.