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S9485

Crisis intervention mental h

Crisis intervention mental health services, per diem

Code system
HCPCS Level II
Status
Active
Billable
Yes
In effect from
2000-01-01
Request
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/S9485 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "code": "S9485",
    "parent": null,
    "status": "active",
    "system": "hcpcs",
    "display": "Crisis intervention mental h",
    "billable": true,
    "attributes": {
      "betos": "Z2",
      "coverage": "I",
      "action_code": "N",
      "type_of_service": "9",
      "pricing_indicator": "00",
      "action_effective_date": "2000-01-01"
    },
    "description": "Crisis intervention mental health services, per diem",
    "replaced_by": [],
    "effective_end": null,
    "effective_start": "2000-01-01",
    "care_categories": [
      "mental-health-care"
    ],
    "care_category_details": [
      {
        "slug": "mental-health-care",
        "name": "Therapy and mental health services",
        "confidence": 0.95,
        "derivation": "source_stated",
        "evidence": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/coding-billing/healthcare-common-procedure-system/quarterly-update",
            "anchor": "HCPCS Level II range S9480-S9485"
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "cms-hcpcs",
    "data_version": "2026-10"
  }
}

CMS attributes

S9485 in the HCPCS file

betos
Z2
coverage
I
action code
N
type of service
9
pricing indicator
00
action effective date
2000-01-01

Change history

Lifecycle

S9485 has been in effect since 2000-01-01. 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 S9485 from code or an agent

curl
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/S9485 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
MCP prompt
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code S9485. 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.