Infec agen detec ampli probe
Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, cdc or non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies, completed within 2 calendar days from date of specimen collection (list separately in addition to either hcpcs code u0003 or u0004) as described by cms-2020-01-r2
This code is no longer in use: it was retired on 2023-05-12. No replacement code is listed here.
curl https://api.healthcare.dev/v1/codes/hcpcs/U0005 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
{
"data": {
"code": "U0005",
"parent": null,
"status": "retired",
"system": "hcpcs",
"display": "Infec agen detec ampli probe",
"billable": false,
"attributes": {
"betos": "T1H",
"coverage": "C",
"action_code": "N",
"type_of_service": "5",
"pricing_indicator": "22",
"action_effective_date": "2023-05-12"
},
"description": "Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, cdc or non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies, completed within 2 calendar days from date of specimen collection (list separately in addition to either hcpcs code u0003 or u0004) as described by cms-2020-01-r2",
"replaced_by": [],
"effective_end": "2023-05-12",
"effective_start": "2021-01-01",
"care_categories": [
"covid-19",
"lab-tests"
],
"care_category_details": [
{
"slug": "covid-19",
"name": "COVID-19",
"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 U0001-U0005"
}
],
"as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
},
{
"slug": "lab-tests",
"name": "Lab tests",
"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 U0001-U0005"
}
],
"as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}
]
},
"meta": {
"source": "cms-hcpcs",
"data_version": "2026-10"
}
}CMS attributes
Change history
U0005 has been in effect since 2021-01-01 and was retired on 2023-05-12. 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/U0005 \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HDEV_API_KEY"
Using the healthcare.dev MCP server, look up HCPCS Level II code U0005. 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.