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G9781

Doc rsn no statin

Documentation of medical reason(s) for not currently being a statin therapy user or receiving an order (prescription) for statin therapy (e.g., patients with statin-associated muscle symptoms or an allergy to statin medication therapy, patients who are receiving palliative or hospice care, patients with active liver disease or hepatic disease or insufficiency, patients with end stage renal disease [esrd], or other medical reasons)

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2017-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G9781 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "G9781",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Doc rsn no statin",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "Z2",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "1",
      "pricing_indicator": "00",
      "action_effective_date": "2023-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Documentation of medical reason(s) for not currently being a statin therapy user or receiving an order (prescription) for statin therapy (e.g., patients with statin-associated muscle symptoms or an allergy to statin medication therapy, patients who are receiving palliative or hospice care, patients with active liver disease or hepatic disease or insufficiency, patients with end stage renal disease [esrd], or other medical reasons)",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2017-01-01",
    "care_categories": [],
    "care_category_details": []
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

G9781 in the HCPCS file

betos
Z2
coverage
C
action code
N
type of service
1
pricing indicator
00
action effective date
2023-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

G9781 has been in effect since 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 G9781 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G9781 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G9781. 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.