T2018 — Habilitation, supported employment, waiver; per diem
T2018 is a HCPCS Level II code for habilitation, supported employment, waiver; per diem. 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 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 T2018
- Long descriptor
- Habilitation, supported employment, waiver; per diem
- Short descriptor
- Habil sup empl waiver/diem
- Added
- October 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 T2018
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If T2018 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- T2010Preadmission screening and resident review (pasrr) level i identification screening, per screen
- T2011Preadmission screening and resident review (pasrr) level ii evaluation, per evaluation
- T2012Habilitation, educational; waiver, per diem
- T2013Habilitation, educational, waiver; per hour
- T2014Habilitation, prevocational, waiver; per diem
- T2015Habilitation, prevocational, waiver; per hour
- T2016Habilitation, residential, waiver; per diem
- T2017Habilitation, residential, waiver; 15 minutes
- T2019Habilitation, supported employment, waiver; per 15 minutes
- T2020Day habilitation, waiver; per diem
- T2021Day habilitation, waiver; per 15 minutes
- T2022Case management, per month
- T2023Targeted case management; per month
- T2024Service assessment/plan of care development, waiver
- T2025Waiver services; not otherwise specified (nos)
- T2026Specialized childcare, waiver; per diem
Questions about T2018
What is HCPCS code T2018?
T2018 is a HCPCS Level II code for habilitation, supported employment, waiver; per diem. It sits in the National Codes for State Medicaid Agencies section.
Does Medicare cover T2018?
The CMS HCPCS file marks T2018 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 T2018 paid under the physician fee schedule?
T2018 carries PFS status code I. Not valid for Medicare purposes. Medicare uses another code.