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Q0238

Inj, tocilizumab-aazg, hospi

Injection, tocilizumab-aazg, for hospitalized adult patients with covid-19 who are receiving systemic corticosteroids and require supplemental oxygen, non-invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo) only, 1 mg

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2026-04-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/Q0238 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "Q0238",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Inj, tocilizumab-aazg, hospi",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "O1G",
      "coverage": "C",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "V",
      "pricing_indicator": "54",
      "action_effective_date": "2026-04-01"
    },
    "description": "Injection, tocilizumab-aazg, for hospitalized adult patients with covid-19 who are receiving systemic corticosteroids and require supplemental oxygen, non-invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo) only, 1 mg",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2026-04-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "medications-given-by-a-provider"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "medications-given-by-a-provider",
        "name": "Medications given by a provider",
        "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 Q0000-Q9999 (description)"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

Q0238 in the HCPCS file

betos
O1G
coverage
C
action code
N
type of service
V
pricing indicator
54
action effective date
2026-04-01

Change history

Lifecycle

Q0238 has been in effect since 2026-04-01. 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 Q0238 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/Q0238 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code Q0238. 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.