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G9883

2 em ongoing ms mo 16-18 wl

Two medicare diabetes prevention program (mdpp) ongoing maintenance sessions (ms) were attended by an mdpp beneficiary in months (mo) 16-18 under the mdpp expanded model (em). an ongoing maintenance session is an mdpp service that: (1) is furnished by an mdpp supplier during months 13 through 24 of the mdpp services period; (2) is approximately 1 hour in length; and (3) adheres to a cdc-approved dpp curriculum for maintenance sessions. the beneficiary maintained at least 5% weight loss (wl) from his/her baseline weight, as measured by at least one in-person weight measurement at an ongoing maintenance session in months 16-18

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2018-04-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G9883 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "G9883",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "2 em ongoing ms mo 16-18 wl",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "Y1",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "1",
      "pricing_indicator": "00",
      "action_effective_date": "2018-04-01"
    },
    "description": "Two medicare diabetes prevention program (mdpp) ongoing maintenance sessions (ms) were attended by an mdpp beneficiary in months (mo) 16-18 under the mdpp expanded model (em). an ongoing maintenance session is an mdpp service that: (1) is furnished by an mdpp supplier during months 13 through 24 of the mdpp services period; (2) is approximately 1 hour in length; and (3) adheres to a cdc-approved dpp curriculum for maintenance sessions. the beneficiary maintained at least 5% weight loss (wl) from his/her baseline weight, as measured by at least one in-person weight measurement at an ongoing maintenance session in months 16-18",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2018-04-01",
    "care_categories": [],
    "care_category_details": []
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

G9883 in the HCPCS file

betos
Y1
coverage
C
action code
N
type of service
1
pricing indicator
00
action effective date
2018-04-01

Change history

Lifecycle

G9883 has been in effect since 2018-04-01. 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 G9883 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G9883 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G9883. 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.