Pt dx hst cr pt sk lg cr scr
Patients with an active diagnosis or history of cancer (except basal cell and squamous cell skin carcinoma), patients who are heavy tobacco smokers, lung cancer screening patients
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/M1018 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
{
"data": {
"code": "M1018",
"parent": null,
"status": "active",
"system": "hcpcs",
"display": "Pt dx hst cr pt sk lg cr scr",
"billable": true,
"attributes": {
"betos": "Z2",
"coverage": "C",
"action_code": "N",
"type_of_service": "1",
"pricing_indicator": "00",
"action_effective_date": "2019-01-01"
},
"description": "Patients with an active diagnosis or history of cancer (except basal cell and squamous cell skin carcinoma), patients who are heavy tobacco smokers, lung cancer screening patients",
"replaced_by": [],
"effective_end": null,
"effective_start": "2019-01-01",
"care_categories": [],
"care_category_details": []
},
"meta": {
"source": "cms-hcpcs",
"data_version": "2026-10"
}
}CMS attributes
Change history
M1018 has been in effect since 2019-01-01. 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/M1018 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code M1018. 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.