Respite not-in-home per diem
Respite care services, not in the home, per diem
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/H0045 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
{
"data": {
"code": "H0045",
"parent": null,
"status": "active",
"system": "hcpcs",
"display": "Respite not-in-home per diem",
"billable": true,
"attributes": {
"betos": "Z2",
"coverage": "I",
"action_code": "N",
"type_of_service": "9",
"pricing_indicator": "00",
"action_effective_date": "2003-01-01"
},
"description": "Respite care services, not in the home, per diem",
"replaced_by": [],
"effective_end": null,
"effective_start": "2003-01-01",
"care_categories": [
"mental-health-care"
],
"care_category_details": [
{
"slug": "mental-health-care",
"name": "Therapy and mental health services",
"confidence": 0.9,
"derivation": "source_stated",
"evidence": [
{
"url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/coding-billing/healthcare-common-procedure-system/quarterly-update",
"anchor": "HCPCS Level II range H0001-H2999"
}
],
"as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
]
},
"meta": {
"source": "cms-hcpcs",
"data_version": "2026-10"
}
}CMS attributes
Change history
H0045 has been in effect since 2003-01-01. 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
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/H0045 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code H0045. 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.