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P7001

Culture bacterial urine

Culture, bacterial, urine; quantitative, sensitivity study

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
1986-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/P7001 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "P7001",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Culture bacterial urine",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "T1H",
      "coverage": "I",
      "action_code": "N",
      "cross_reference": "CPT",
      "type_of_service": "5",
      "pricing_indicator": "00",
      "action_effective_date": "1996-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Culture, bacterial, urine; quantitative, sensitivity study",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "1986-01-01",
    "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

P7001 in the HCPCS file

betos
T1H
coverage
I
action code
N
cross reference
CPT
type of service
5
pricing indicator
00
action effective date
1996-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

P7001 has been in effect since 1986-01-01. 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 P7001 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/P7001 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code P7001. 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.