Air ambulanc nonemerg fixed
Ambulance service, conventional air service, nonemergency transport, one way (fixed wing)
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/S9960 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
{
"data": {
"code": "S9960",
"parent": null,
"status": "active",
"system": "hcpcs",
"display": "Air ambulanc nonemerg fixed",
"billable": true,
"attributes": {
"betos": "O1A",
"coverage": "I",
"action_code": "N",
"type_of_service": "D",
"pricing_indicator": "00",
"action_effective_date": "2014-01-01"
},
"description": "Ambulance service, conventional air service, nonemergency transport, one way (fixed wing)",
"replaced_by": [],
"effective_end": null,
"effective_start": "2014-01-01",
"care_categories": [
"ambulance-and-transport"
],
"care_category_details": [
{
"slug": "ambulance-and-transport",
"name": "Ambulance and medical transport",
"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 S9960-S9961"
}
],
"as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
]
},
"meta": {
"source": "cms-hcpcs",
"data_version": "2026-10"
}
}CMS attributes
Change history
S9960 has been in effect since 2014-01-01. 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/S9960 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code S9960. 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.