H0028 HCPCS Level II Code: Alcohol and/or drug prevention problem identification and referral service (e.g., student assistance and employee assistance programs), does not include assessment
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Alcohol and/or drug preventi
- Medicare coverage: Not payable by Medicare (CMS coverage code I)
- Payment category: Service not separately priced (pricing indicator 00)
- BETOS: Z2 — Undefined codes
- Last CMS action effective: January 1, 2001
Source: CMS HCPCS Level II release. Coverage codes indicate how Medicare treats the code, not whether a specific claim will be paid; payer policy and documentation still govern.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of H0028 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.
Nearest codes (40)
- H0008 — Alcohol and/or drug services; sub-acute detoxification (hospital inpatient)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- H0009 — Alcohol and/or drug services; acute detoxification (hospital inpatient)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- H0010 — Alcohol and/or drug services; sub-acute detoxification (residential addiction program inpatient)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- H0011 — Alcohol and/or drug services; acute detoxification (residential addiction program inpatient)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- H0012 — Alcohol and/or drug services; sub-acute detoxification (residential addiction program outpatient)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- H0013 — Alcohol and/or drug services; acute detoxification (residential addiction program outpatient)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- H0014 — Alcohol and/or drug services; ambulatory detoxification[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- H0015 — Alcohol and/or drug services; intensive outpatient (treatment program that operates at least 3 hours/day and at least 3 days/week and is based on an individualized treatment plan), including assessment, counseling; crisis intervention, and activity therapies or education[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history
- January 1, 2001 — Added to the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)
Sources for this page
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- Code, descriptors, coverage and pricing attributes Official source data
- CMS HCPCS Alpha-Numeric (ANWEB) release — July 2026 quarterly update Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
- Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
- CMS HCPCS quarterly update files, ingested into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
- Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
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Change history
- January 1, 2001Added to the code setAlcohol and/or drug prevention problem identification and referral service (e.g., student assistance and employee assistance programs), does not include assessment
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to H0028 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- H0023 — Behavioral health outreach service (planned approach to reach a targeted population)
- H0024 — Behavioral health prevention information dissemination service (one-way direct or non-direct contact with service audiences to affect knowledge and attitude)
- H0025 — Behavioral health prevention education service (delivery of services with target population to affect knowledge, attitude and/or behavior)
- H0026 — Alcohol and/or drug prevention process service, community-based (delivery of services to develop skills of impactors)
- H0027 — Alcohol and/or drug prevention environmental service (broad range of external activities geared toward modifying systems in order to mainstream prevention through policy and law)
- H0029 — Alcohol and/or drug prevention alternatives service (services for populations that exclude alcohol and other drug use e.g., alcohol free social events)
- H0030 — Behavioral health hotline service
- H0031 — Mental health assessment, by non-physician
- H0032 — Mental health service plan development by non-physician
- H0033 — Oral medication administration, direct observation