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M1493

No fall doc med rsn

Documentation of falls not performed due to medical reasons (e.g., syncope, vertigo and related disorders, restless leg syndrome, tourette syndrome/tic disorder, back pain, concussion/mild traumatic brain injury (mtbi), cervical dystonia, or epilepsy)

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2026-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/M1493 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "M1493",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "No fall doc med rsn",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "Z2",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "1",
      "pricing_indicator": "00",
      "action_effective_date": "2026-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Documentation of falls not performed due to medical reasons (e.g., syncope, vertigo and related disorders, restless leg syndrome, tourette syndrome/tic disorder, back pain, concussion/mild traumatic brain injury (mtbi), cervical dystonia, or epilepsy)",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2026-01-01",
    "care_categories": [],
    "care_category_details": []
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

M1493 in the HCPCS file

betos
Z2
coverage
C
action code
N
type of service
1
pricing indicator
00
action effective date
2026-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

M1493 has been in effect since 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 M1493 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/M1493 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code M1493. 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.