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J0131 HCPCS Level II Code: Injection, acetaminophen, not otherwise specified,10 mg

Medicare Coverage & Payment

  • CMS short descriptor: Inj, acetaminophen (nos)
  • Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment (CMS coverage code C)
  • Payment category: Drugs (pricing indicator 51)
  • BETOS: O1E — Other drugs
  • Last CMS action effective: January 1, 2023

Source: CMS HCPCS Level II release. Coverage codes indicate how Medicare treats the code, not whether a specific claim will be paid; payer policy and documentation still govern.

Code Overview

Injection, acetaminophen, not otherwise specified,10 mg is a HCPCS Level II code (J0131). CMS assigns coverage code C — Carrier judgment. Short description: Inj, acetaminophen (nos).

Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official HCPCS Level II record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Change history

  • 2012-01-01
    Added to the code set
    Injection, acetaminophen, not otherwise specified,10 mg

Drug products (NDC)

CMS ASP NDC-HCPCS Crosswalk · 2026 Q3

Medicare Part B payment limit (ASP + 6%): $0.05

00781-3156-95 Acetaminophen — Sandoz Inc. (size 100 × qty 10 (10 MG per billing unit))

00781-9274-95 Acetaminophen — Sandoz Inc. (size 100 × qty 10 (10 MG per billing unit))

24201-0100-24 Acetaminophen — Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (size 100 × qty 24 (10 MG per billing unit))

24201-0110-24 Acetaminophen — Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (size 100 × qty 24 (10 MG per billing unit))

36000-0306-60 Acetaminophen — Baxter Healthcare Corporation (size 100 × qty 40 (10 MG per billing unit))

36000-0372-40 Acetaminophen — Baxter Healthcare Corporation (size 65 × qty 40 (10 MG per billing unit))

51662-1540-01 Acetaminophen — HF Acquisition Co. LLC, DBA HealthFirst (size 100 × qty 1 (10 MG per billing unit))

51662-1540-03 Acetaminophen — HF Acquisition Co. LLC, DBA HealthFirst (size 100 × qty 24 (10 MG per billing unit))

55150-0307-24 Acetaminophen — Eugia US LLC (size 100 × qty 24 (10 MG per billing unit))

67457-0940-10 Acetaminophen — Mylan Institutional LLC (size 100 × qty 24 (10 MG per billing unit))

72572-0050-10 Acetaminophen — Civica, Inc. (size 100 × qty 10 (10 MG per billing unit))

Related Codes

Same drug, other billing codes

CMS's ASP crosswalk lists these HCPCS codes for the same drug.

J0134 — Injection, acetaminophen (fresenius kabi), not therapeutically equivalent to j0131, 10 mg, J0136 — Injection, acetaminophen (b braun), not therapeutically equivalent to j0131, 10 mg, J0137 — Injection, acetaminophen (hikma), not therapeutically equivalent to j0131, 10 mg

From the CMS ASP NDC-HCPCS Crosswalk and Part B Payment Limit File. Payment limits apply per HCPCS billing code, not per package.

Contextual Map

Every relationship of J0131 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Nearest codes (36)

  • J0120 — Injection, tetracycline, up to 250 mg [Sibling]
  • J0121 — Injection, omadacycline, 1 mg [Sibling]
  • J0122 — Injection, eravacycline, 1 mg [Sibling]
  • J0129 — Injection, abatacept, 10 mg (code may be used for medicare when drug administered under the direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self administered) [Sibling]
  • J0130 — Injection abciximab, 10 mg [Sibling]
  • J0132 — Injection, acetylcysteine, 100 mg [Sibling]
  • J0133 — Injection, acyclovir, 5 mg [Sibling]
  • J0134 — Injection, acetaminophen (fresenius kabi), not therapeutically equivalent to j0131, 10 mg [Sibling]
  • and 28 more

Change history

  • 2012-01-01 — Added to the code set [Change history]

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to J0131 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • J0120 — Injection, tetracycline, up to 250 mg
  • J0121 — Injection, omadacycline, 1 mg
  • J0122 — Injection, eravacycline, 1 mg
  • J0129 — Injection, abatacept, 10 mg (code may be used for medicare when drug administered under the direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self administered)
  • J0130 — Injection abciximab, 10 mg
  • J0132 — Injection, acetylcysteine, 100 mg
  • J0133 — Injection, acyclovir, 5 mg
  • J0134 — Injection, acetaminophen (fresenius kabi), not therapeutically equivalent to j0131, 10 mg
  • J0135 — Injection, adalimumab, 20 mg
  • J0136 — Injection, acetaminophen (b braun), not therapeutically equivalent to j0131, 10 mg