J0608 HCPCS Level II Code: Lanthanum carbonate, oral, powder, 5 mg, not therapeutically equivalent to j0607 (for ESRD on dialysis)
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Lanthanum carbonate pwdr 5mg
- Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment (CMS coverage code C)
- Pricing indicator: 57
- BETOS: O1E — Other drugs
- Last CMS action effective: January 1, 2025
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 J0608 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 (40)
- J0600 — Injection, edetate calcium disodium, up to 1000 mg[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0601 — Sevelamer carbonate (renvela or therapeutically equivalent), oral, 20 mg (for esrd on dialysis)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0602 — Sevelamer carbonate (renvela or therapeutically equivalent), oral, powder, 20 mg (for esrd on dialysis)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0603 — Sevelamer hydrochloride (renagel or therapeutically equivalent), oral, 20 mg (for esrd on dialysis)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0604 — Cinacalcet, oral, 1 mg, (for esrd on dialysis)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0605 — Sucroferric oxyhydroxide, oral, 5 mg (for esrd on dialysis)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0606 — Injection, etelcalcetide, 0.1 mg[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0607 — Lanthanum carbonate, oral, 5 mg (for esrd on dialysis)[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history
- January 1, 2025 — 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, 2025Added to the code setLanthanum carbonate, oral, powder, 5 mg, not therapeutically equivalent to j0607 (for esrd on dialysis)
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to J0608 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- J0603 — Sevelamer hydrochloride (renagel or therapeutically equivalent), oral, 20 mg (for esrd on dialysis)
- J0604 — Cinacalcet, oral, 1 mg, (for esrd on dialysis)
- J0605 — Sucroferric oxyhydroxide, oral, 5 mg (for esrd on dialysis)
- J0606 — Injection, etelcalcetide, 0.1 mg
- J0607 — Lanthanum carbonate, oral, 5 mg (for esrd on dialysis)
- J0609 — Ferric citrate, oral, 3 mg ferric iron, (for esrd on dialysis)
- J0610 — Injection, calcium gluconate (fresenius kabi), per 10 ml
- J0611 — Injection, calcium gluconate (wg critical care), per 10 ml
- J0612 — Injection, calcium gluconate, not otherwise specified, 10 mg
- J0613 — Injection, calcium gluconate (wg critical care), not therapeutically equivalent to j0612, 10 mg