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J9020

Asparaginase, nos

Injection, asparaginase, not otherwise specified, 10,000 units

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Retired 2026-01-01
Billable
No
In effect from
1984-01-01

This code is no longer in use: it was retired on 2026-01-01. No replacement code is listed here.

Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/J9020 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "J9020",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "retired",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Asparaginase, nos",
    "billable": false,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "O1D",
      "coverage": "D",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "1",
      "pricing_indicator": "51",
      "action_effective_date": "2026-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Injection, asparaginase, not otherwise specified, 10,000 units",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": "2026-01-01",
    "effective_start": "1984-01-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "chemotherapy"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "chemotherapy",
        "name": "Chemotherapy and cancer medicines",
        "confidence": 0.95,
        "derivation": "source_stated",
        "evidence": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/coding-billing/healthcare-common-procedure-system/quarterly-update",
            "anchor": "HCPCS Level II range J9000-J9999"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

J9020 in the HCPCS file

betos
O1D
coverage
D
action code
N
type of service
1
pricing indicator
51
action effective date
2026-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

J9020 has been in effect since 1984-01-01 and was retired on 2026-01-01. 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 J9020 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/J9020 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code J9020. 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.