H0023 HCPCS Level II code: Behavioral health outreach service (planned approach to reach a targeted population)
H0023 is the HCPCS code for “Behavioral health outreach service (planned approach to reach a targeted population)” in CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026.
Official description
H0023Behavioral health outreach service (planned approach to reach a targeted population)
Short description: Alcohol and/or drug outreach
HCPCS · United States
Medicare details
The indicators CMS publishes with H0023 in its October 2026 file. They describe Medicare’s handling, not another payer’s.
- Medicare coverage
- Not payable by Medicare
- Medicare pricing
- Service not separately priced by Part B (e.g., services not covered, bundled, used by Part A only, etc.)
- Type of service
- Other medical items or services
- BETOS category
- Undefined codes
- Added
- Jan 1, 2001
Where H0023 sits
- 1H codesBehavioral health and substance use services
- 2Active code H0023Behavioral health outreach service (planned approach to reach a targeted population)
Source and release
- Data release
- HCPCS Level II · October 2026
- Effective date
- Oct 1, 2026
- Publisher
- CMS
This page is built from the HCPCS Level II catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’s October 2026 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.
Frequently asked questions
What does HCPCS code H0023 mean?
H0023 is the HCPCS code for “Behavioral health outreach service (planned approach to reach a targeted population)” in CMS’s HCPCS Level II October 2026 release.
Does Medicare cover H0023?
CMS lists H0023’s Medicare coverage as “Not payable by Medicare” and its pricing as “Service not separately priced by Part B (e.g., services not covered, bundled, used by Part A only, etc.)”. Coverage and payment still depend on the patient, the setting, the documentation and the payer.
Which HCPCS Level II release does this page use?
It uses CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026 to Dec 31, 2026. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.
Codes beside H0023
All H codesH0017Behavioral health; residential (hospital residential treatment program), without room and board, per diemH0018Behavioral health; short-term residential (non-hospital residential treatment program), without room and board, per diemH0019Behavioral health; long-term residential (non-medical, non-acute care in a residential treatment program where stay is typically longer than 30 days), without room and board, per…H0020Alcohol and/or drug services; methadone administration and/or service (provision of the drug by a licensed program)H0021Alcohol and/or drug training service (for staff and personnel not employed by providers)H0022Alcohol and/or drug intervention service (planned facilitation)H0024Behavioral health prevention information dissemination service (one-way direct or non-direct contact with service audiences to affect knowledge and attitude)H0025Behavioral health prevention education service (delivery of services with target population to affect knowledge, attitude and/or behavior)H0026Alcohol and/or drug prevention process service, community-based (delivery of services to develop skills of impactors)H0027Alcohol and/or drug prevention environmental service (broad range of external activities geared toward modifying systems in order to mainstream prevention through policy and law)H0028Alcohol and/or drug prevention problem identification and referral service (e.g., student assistance and employee assistance programs), does not include assessmentH0029Alcohol and/or drug prevention alternatives service (services for populations that exclude alcohol and other drug use e.g., alcohol free social events)