diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/cms/madie/terminology/dto/Code.java b/src/main/java/gov/cms/madie/terminology/dto/Code.java
index 1763dcd..6be5c12 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/cms/madie/terminology/dto/Code.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/cms/madie/terminology/dto/Code.java
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ public class Code {
   private String version;
   private String codeSystem;
   private String codeSystemOid;
+  private boolean active;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/cms/madie/terminology/service/FhirTerminologyService.java b/src/main/java/gov/cms/madie/terminology/service/FhirTerminologyService.java
index 3e29b22..d5d5af3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/cms/madie/terminology/service/FhirTerminologyService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/cms/madie/terminology/service/FhirTerminologyService.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import ca.uhn.fhir.context.FhirContext;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.parser.IParser;
+import gov.cms.madie.models.cql.terminology.VsacCode;
 import gov.cms.madie.models.mapping.CodeSystemEntry;
 import gov.cms.madie.models.measure.ManifestExpansion;
 import gov.cms.madie.terminology.dto.Code;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
 import gov.cms.madie.terminology.repositories.CodeSystemRepository;
 import gov.cms.madie.terminology.util.TerminologyServiceUtil;
 import gov.cms.madie.terminology.webclient.FhirTerminologyServiceWebClient;
+import gov.cms.madie.terminology.webclient.TerminologyServiceWebClient;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ public class FhirTerminologyService {
   private final FhirTerminologyServiceWebClient fhirTerminologyServiceWebClient;
   private final MappingService mappingService;
   private final CodeSystemRepository codeSystemRepository;
+  private final TerminologyServiceWebClient terminologyServiceWebClient;
 
   @Cacheable("manifest-list")
   public List<ManifestExpansion> getManifests(UmlsUser umlsUser) {
@@ -132,8 +135,8 @@ public List<CodeSystem> retrieveAllCodeSystems(UmlsUser umlsUser) {
     return allCodeSystems;
   }
 
-  public Code retrieveCode(String code, String codeSystemName, String version, String apiKey) {
-    if (StringUtils.isEmpty(code)
+  public Code retrieveCode(String codeName, String codeSystemName, String version, String apiKey) {
+    if (StringUtils.isEmpty(codeName)
         || StringUtils.isEmpty(codeSystemName)
         || StringUtils.isEmpty(version)) {
       return null;
@@ -143,15 +146,25 @@ public Code retrieveCode(String code, String codeSystemName, String version, Str
     if (codeSystem == null) {
       return null;
     }
-    String codeJson = fhirTerminologyServiceWebClient.getCodeResource(code, codeSystem, apiKey);
+    String codeJson = fhirTerminologyServiceWebClient.getCodeResource(codeName, codeSystem, apiKey);
     Parameters parameters = fhirContext.newJsonParser().parseResource(Parameters.class, codeJson);
-    return Code.builder()
-        .name(code)
-        .codeSystem(codeSystemName)
-        .version(version)
-        .display(parameters.getParameter("display").getValue().toString())
-        .codeSystemOid(parameters.getParameter("Oid").getValue().toString())
-        .build();
+    Code code =
+        Code.builder()
+            .name(codeName)
+            .codeSystem(codeSystemName)
+            .version(version)
+            .display(parameters.getParameter("display").getValue().toString())
+            .codeSystemOid(parameters.getParameter("Oid").getValue().toString())
+            .build();
+    String codePath =
+        TerminologyServiceUtil.buildCodePath(
+            code.getCodeSystem(), code.getVersion(), code.getName());
+    // TODO: this is ridiculous
+    VsacCode svsCode = terminologyServiceWebClient.getCode(codePath, apiKey);
+    if (svsCode.getStatus().equalsIgnoreCase("ok")) {
+      code.setActive("Yes".equals(svsCode.getData().getResultSet().get(0).getActive()));
+    }
+    return code;
   }
 
   private void recursiveRetrieveCodeSystems(
diff --git a/src/test/java/gov/cms/madie/terminology/service/FhirTerminologyServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/gov/cms/madie/terminology/service/FhirTerminologyServiceTest.java
index b052175..180b521 100644
--- a/src/test/java/gov/cms/madie/terminology/service/FhirTerminologyServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/gov/cms/madie/terminology/service/FhirTerminologyServiceTest.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import ca.uhn.fhir.context.FhirContext;
 import com.okta.commons.lang.Collections;
+import gov.cms.madie.models.cql.terminology.VsacCode;
 import gov.cms.madie.models.mapping.CodeSystemEntry;
 import gov.cms.madie.models.measure.ManifestExpansion;
 import gov.cms.madie.terminology.dto.Code;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
 import gov.cms.madie.terminology.models.UmlsUser;
 import gov.cms.madie.terminology.repositories.CodeSystemRepository;
 import gov.cms.madie.terminology.webclient.FhirTerminologyServiceWebClient;
+import gov.cms.madie.terminology.webclient.TerminologyServiceWebClient;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Bundle;
 import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.CodeSystem;
@@ -48,8 +50,10 @@ class FhirTerminologyServiceTest {
   @Mock FhirTerminologyServiceWebClient fhirTerminologyServiceWebClient;
   @Mock FhirContext fhirContext;
   @Mock MappingService mappingService;
-  @InjectMocks FhirTerminologyService fhirTerminologyService;
   @Mock CodeSystemRepository codeSystemRepository;
+  @Mock TerminologyServiceWebClient terminologyServiceWebClient;
+  @InjectMocks FhirTerminologyService fhirTerminologyService;
+
   List<CodeSystemEntry> codeSystemEntries;
   private UmlsUser umlsUser;
   private static final String TEST_HARP_ID = "te$tHarpId";
@@ -407,12 +411,20 @@ void testRetrieveCodeSuccessfully() {
             + "}";
 
     var codeSystem = gov.cms.madie.terminology.models.CodeSystem.builder().build();
+    var codeResultSet = new VsacCode.VsacDataResultSet();
+    codeResultSet.setActive("Yes");
+    var codeData = new VsacCode.VsacData();
+    codeData.setResultSet(List.of(codeResultSet));
+    VsacCode vsacCode = new VsacCode();
+    vsacCode.setStatus("ok");
+    vsacCode.setData(codeData);
 
     when(codeSystemRepository.findByNameAndVersion(anyString(), anyString()))
         .thenReturn(Optional.of(codeSystem));
     when(fhirTerminologyServiceWebClient.getCodeResource(codeName, codeSystem, TEST_API_KEY))
         .thenReturn(codeJson);
     when(fhirContext.newJsonParser()).thenReturn(FhirContext.forR4().newJsonParser());
+    when(terminologyServiceWebClient.getCode(anyString(), anyString())).thenReturn(vsacCode);
     Code code =
         fhirTerminologyService.retrieveCode(codeName, codeSystemName, version, TEST_API_KEY);
     assertThat(code.getName(), is(equalTo(codeName)));