H0023 – Behavioral health outreach service (planned approach to reach a targeted population)
HCPCS Level II code · H codes: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Services
HCPCS codeH0023
- Long description
- Behavioral health outreach service (planned approach to reach a targeted population)
- Short description
- Alcohol and/or drug outreach
- Pricing indicator
00Not separately priced by Part B (bundled, not covered or Part A only)- Medicare coverage
INot payable by Medicare- BETOS category
Z2Undefined codes- Added
- January 1, 2001
- Last change
- January 1, 2003 – No change
Frequently asked questions
What is HCPCS code H0023?
H0023 is a HCPCS Level II code for behavioral health outreach service (planned approach to reach a targeted population).
Does Medicare cover H0023?
The HCPCS file lists coverage code I: Not payable by Medicare. Coverage and payment also depend on local coverage determinations and the patient’s plan.
Nearby H codes
- 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
- H0016 – Alcohol and/or drug services; medical/somatic (medical intervention in ambulatory setting)
- H0017 – Behavioral health; residential (hospital residential treatment program), without room and board, per diem
- H0018 – Behavioral health; short-term residential (non-hospital residential treatment program), without room and board, per diem
- H0019 – Behavioral 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 diem
- H0020 – Alcohol and/or drug services; methadone administration and/or service (provision of the drug by a licensed program)
- H0021 – Alcohol and/or drug training service (for staff and personnel not employed by providers)
- H0022 – Alcohol and/or drug intervention service (planned facilitation)
- 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)
- H0028 – Alcohol and/or drug prevention problem identification and referral service (e.g., student assistance and employee assistance programs), does not include assessment
- 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
Source: CMS HCPCS Level II quarterly file, October 2026. Reference only – check payer policy before billing.