Screen pap by tech w md supv
Screening papanicolaou smear, cervical or vaginal, up to three smears, by technician under physician supervision
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/P3000 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
{
"data": {
"code": "P3000",
"parent": null,
"status": "active",
"system": "hcpcs",
"display": "Screen pap by tech w md supv",
"billable": true,
"attributes": {
"betos": "T1H",
"coverage": "D",
"action_code": "N",
"type_of_service": "5",
"pricing_indicator": "21",
"action_effective_date": "1995-01-01"
},
"description": "Screening papanicolaou smear, cervical or vaginal, up to three smears, by technician under physician supervision",
"replaced_by": [],
"effective_end": null,
"effective_start": "1992-01-01",
"care_categories": [
"lab-tests"
],
"care_category_details": [
{
"slug": "lab-tests",
"name": "Lab tests",
"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 P0000-P9999"
}
],
"as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
]
},
"meta": {
"source": "cms-hcpcs",
"data_version": "2026-10"
}
}CMS attributes
Change history
P3000 has been in effect since 1992-01-01. 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/P3000 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code P3000. 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.