J0270 HCPCS Level II Code: Injection, alprostadil, 1.25 mcg (code may be used for medicare when drug administered under the direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self administered)
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Alprostadil for injection
- Medicare coverage: Special coverage instructions apply (CMS coverage code D)
- Payment category: Drugs (pricing indicator 51)
- BETOS: O1E — Other drugs
- Last CMS action effective: January 1, 2000
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.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of J0270 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)
- J0200 — Injection, alatrofloxacin mesylate, 100 mg[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0202 — Injection, alemtuzumab, 1 mg[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0205 — Injection, alglucerase, per 10 units[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0206 — Injection, allopurinol sodium, 1 mg[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0207 — Injection, amifostine, 500 mg[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0208 — Injection, sodium thiosulfate (pedmark), 100 mg[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0209 — Injection, sodium thiosulfate (hope), 100 mg[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0210 — Injection, methyldopate hcl, up to 250 mg[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 28 more
Change history
- January 1, 1997 — Added to the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)
Sources for this page
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- Code, descriptors, coverage and pricing attributes Official source data
- CMS HCPCS Alpha-Numeric (ANWEB) release — July 2026 quarterly update Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
- Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
- CMS HCPCS quarterly update files, ingested into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
- Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
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Change history
- January 1, 1997Added to the code setInjection, alprostadil, 1.25 mcg (code may be used for medicare when drug administered under the direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self administered)
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to J0270 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- J0224 — Injection, lumasiran, 0.5 mg
- J0225 — Injection, vutrisiran, 1 mg
- J0248 — Injection, remdesivir, 1 mg
- J0256 — Injection, alpha 1 proteinase inhibitor (human), not otherwise specified, 10 mg
- J0257 — Injection, alpha 1 proteinase inhibitor (human), (glassia), 10 mg
- J0275 — Alprostadil urethral suppository (code may be used for medicare when drug administered under the direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self administered)
- J0278 — Injection, amikacin sulfate, 100 mg
- J0280 — Injection, aminophyllin, up to 250 mg
- J0281 — Injection, aminocaproic acid, 1 gram
- J0282 — Injection, amiodarone hydrochloride, 30 mg