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G9890

Em bridge payment

Bridge payment: a one-time payment for the first medicare diabetes prevention program (mdpp) core session, core maintenance session, or ongoing maintenance session furnished by an mdpp supplier to an mdpp beneficiary during months 1-24 of the mdpp expanded model (em) who has previously received mdpp services from a different mdpp supplier under the mdpp expanded model. a supplier may only receive one bridge payment per mdpp beneficiary

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2018-04-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G9890 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "G9890",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Em bridge payment",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "Y1",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "1",
      "pricing_indicator": "00",
      "action_effective_date": "2018-04-01"
    },
    "description": "Bridge payment: a one-time payment for the first medicare diabetes prevention program (mdpp) core session, core maintenance session, or ongoing maintenance session furnished by an mdpp supplier to an mdpp beneficiary during months 1-24 of the mdpp expanded model (em) who has previously received mdpp services from a different mdpp supplier under the mdpp expanded model. a supplier may only receive one bridge payment per mdpp beneficiary",
    "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

G9890 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

G9890 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 G9890 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/G9890 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code G9890. 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.