T1006: Alcohol and/or substance abuse services, family/couple counseling
T1006 is a HCPCS Level II code for alcohol and/or substance abuse services, family/couple counseling. It belongs to the National Codes for State Medicaid Agencies 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 2026Q4-Oct. 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.
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The CMS record for T1006
- Long descriptor
- Alcohol and/or substance abuse services, family/couple counseling
- Short descriptor
- Family/couple counseling
- Added
- July 1, 2001
- 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 T1006
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If T1006 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- S9996Meals for clinical trial participant and one caregiver/companion
- S9999Sales tax
- T1000Private duty / independent nursing service(s) - licensed, up to 15 minutes
- T1001Nursing assessment / evaluation
- T1002Rn services, up to 15 minutes
- T1003Lpn/lvn services, up to 15 minutes
- T1004Services of a qualified nursing aide, up to 15 minutes
- T1005Respite care services, up to 15 minutes
- T1007Alcohol and/or substance abuse services, treatment plan development and/or modification
- T1009Child sitting services for children of the individual receiving alcohol and/or substance abuse services
- T1010Meals for individuals receiving alcohol and/or substance abuse services (when meals not included in the program)
- T1012Alcohol and/or substance abuse services, skills development
- T1013Sign language or oral interpretive services, per 15 minutes
- T1014Telehealth transmission, per minute, professional services bill separately
- T1015Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive
- T1016Case management, each 15 minutes