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L3225

Man's shoe oxford brace

Orthopedic footwear, man's shoe, oxford, used as an integral part of a brace (orthosis)

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
1995-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/L3225 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "L3225",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Man's shoe oxford brace",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "D1F",
      "coverage": "D",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "P",
      "pricing_indicator": "38",
      "action_effective_date": "1995-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Orthopedic footwear, man's shoe, oxford, used as an integral part of a brace (orthosis)",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "1995-01-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "braces-and-orthotics"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "braces-and-orthotics",
        "name": "Braces and orthotics",
        "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 L0100-L4999"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

L3225 in the HCPCS file

betos
D1F
coverage
D
action code
N
type of service
P
pricing indicator
38
action effective date
1995-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

L3225 has been in effect since 1995-01-01. 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 L3225 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/L3225 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code L3225. 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.