H0046 — Mental health services, not otherwise specified
H0046 is a HCPCS Level II code for mental health services, not otherwise specified. It belongs to the Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse Treatment section. Medicare does not pay it — see the coverage note below before you bill it.
Medicare coverage: Not payable by Medicare
Medicare does not pay this code. It may still be valid for another payer, but a Medicare claim carrying it will not be reimbursed.
From the coverage field of the CMS Alpha-Numeric HCPCS File, release 2026Q3-Jul. This states Medicare’s position on the code, not on your particular claim.
Physician fee schedule statusI
Not valid for Medicare purposes. Medicare uses another code.
Global period: XXX
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The CMS record for H0046
- Long descriptor
- Mental health services, not otherwise specified
- Short descriptor
- Mental health service, nos
- Added
- January 1, 2003
- BETOS
- Z2
- Pricing indicator
- 00 — Not priced by Part B
The official wording. This is what the code means.
CMS's 28-character form, which is what shows up on a remittance advice.
When CMS introduced the code.
Berenson-Eggers Type of Service — CMS's own analytic grouping.
Service not separately priced by Part B — not covered, bundled into another service, or used by Part A only.
Codes adjacent to H0046
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If H0046 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- H0038Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes
- H0039Assertive community treatment, face-to-face, per 15 minutes
- H0040Assertive community treatment program, per diem
- H0041Foster care, child, non-therapeutic, per diem
- H0042Foster care, child, non-therapeutic, per month
- H0043Supported housing, per diem
- H0044Supported housing, per month
- H0045Respite care services, not in the home, per diem
- H0047Alcohol and/or other drug abuse services, not otherwise specified
- H0048Alcohol and/or other drug testing: collection and handling only, specimens other than blood
- H0049Alcohol and/or drug screening
- H0050Alcohol and/or drug services, brief intervention, per 15 minutes
- H0051Traditional healing service
- H0052Missing and murdered indigenous persons (mmip) mental health and clinical care
- H0053Historical trauma (ht) mental health and clinical care for indigenous persons
- H1000Prenatal care, at-risk assessment
Questions about H0046
What is HCPCS code H0046?
H0046 is a HCPCS Level II code for mental health services, not otherwise specified. It sits in the Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse Treatment section.
Does Medicare cover H0046?
The CMS HCPCS file marks H0046 as "Not payable by Medicare". Medicare does not pay this code. It may still be valid for another payer, but a Medicare claim carrying it will not be reimbursed.
How is H0046 paid under the physician fee schedule?
H0046 carries PFS status code I. Not valid for Medicare purposes. Medicare uses another code.