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J0132 HCPCS Level II Code: Injection, acetylcysteine, 100 mg

Medicare Coverage & Payment

  • CMS short descriptor: Acetylcysteine injection
  • Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment (CMS coverage code C)
  • Payment category: Drugs (pricing indicator 51)
  • BETOS: O1E — Other drugs
  • Last CMS action effective: January 1, 2018

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, acetylcysteine, 100 mg is a HCPCS Level II code (J0132). CMS assigns coverage code C — Carrier judgment. Short description: Acetylcysteine injection.

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

Change history

  • 2006-01-01
    Added to the code set
    Injection, acetylcysteine, 100 mg

Drug products (NDC)

CMS ASP NDC-HCPCS Crosswalk · 2026 Q3

Medicare Part B payment limit (ASP + 6%): $0.39

00574-0805-30 Acetylcysteine — Padagis US LLC (size 30 × qty 4 (100 MG per billing unit))

25021-0812-30 Acetylcysteine — Sagent Pharmaceuticals (size 30 × qty 4 (100 MG per billing unit))

25021-0812-66 Acetylcysteine — Sagent Pharmaceuticals (size 30 × qty 4 (100 MG per billing unit))

55150-0259-30 Acetylcysteine — Eugia US LLC (size 30 × qty 4 (100 MG per billing unit))

63323-0963-30 Acetylcysteine — FreseniUS Kabi USA, LLC (size 30 × qty 4 (100 MG per billing unit))

63323-0963-44 Acetylcysteine — FreseniUS Kabi USA, LLC (size 30 × qty 4 (100 MG per billing unit))

66220-0207-30 Acetadote — Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. (size 30 × qty 4 (100 MG per billing unit))

68462-0946-12 Acetylcysteine — Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA (size 30 × qty 4 (100 MG per billing unit))

70069-0788-04 Acetylcysteine — Somerset Pharma, LLC (size 30 × qty 4 (100 MG per billing unit))

70594-0111-02 Acetylcysteine — Xellia Pharmaceuticals USA, LLC. (size 30 × qty 4 (100 MG per billing unit))

Related Codes

Same drug, other billing codes

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

J7608 — Acetylcysteine, inhalation solution, fda-approved final product, non-compounded, administered through dme, unit dose form, per gram

Poisoning, adverse-effect and underdosing codes for this drug

The ICD-10-CM Table of Drugs and Chemicals carries these diagnosis codes for this drug — a drug-name match derived from the CMS ASP crosswalk and the Table of Drugs and Chemicals, not a CMS-published pairing.

T48.4X1 — Poisoning by expectorants, accidental (unintentional), T48.4X2 — Poisoning by expectorants, intentional self-harm, T48.4X3 — Poisoning by expectorants, assault, T48.4X4 — Poisoning by expectorants, undetermined, T48.4X5 — Adverse effect of expectorants, T48.4X6 — Underdosing of expectorants

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 J0132 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]
  • J0131 — Injection, acetaminophen, not otherwise specified,10 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

  • 2006-01-01 — Added to the code set [Change history]

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to J0132 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • 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
  • J0131 — Injection, acetaminophen, not otherwise specified,10 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
  • J0137 — Injection, acetaminophen (hikma), not therapeutically equivalent to j0131, 10 mg