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J0882 HCPCS Level II Code: Injection, darbepoetin alfa, 1 microgram (for ESRD on dialysis)

Coding at a Glance

Drug products
14 NDC products

Medicare Coverage & Payment

  • CMS short descriptor: Darbepoetin alfa, esrd use
  • Medicare coverage: Special coverage instructions apply (CMS coverage code D)
  • Pricing indicator: 57
  • BETOS: O1E — Other drugs
  • Last CMS action effective: January 1, 2017

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.

Drug products (NDC)

CMS ASP NDC-HCPCS Crosswalk · 2026 Q3

Medicare Part B payment limit (ASP + 6%): $2.92

55513-0002-04 Aranesp — Amgen Inc (size 1 × qty 4 (1 MCG per billing unit))

55513-0003-04 Aranesp — Amgen Inc (size 1 × qty 4 (1 MCG per billing unit))

55513-0004-04 Aranesp — Amgen Inc (size 1 × qty 4 (1 MCG per billing unit))

55513-0005-04 Aranesp — Amgen Inc (size 1 × qty 4 (1 MCG per billing unit))

55513-0006-01 Aranesp — Amgen Inc (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MCG per billing unit))

55513-0021-04 Aranesp — Amgen Inc (size 0.4 × qty 4 (1 MCG per billing unit))

55513-0023-04 Aranesp — Amgen Inc (size 0.3 × qty 4 (1 MCG per billing unit))

55513-0025-04 Aranesp — Amgen Inc (size 0.5 × qty 4 (1 MCG per billing unit))

55513-0027-04 Aranesp — Amgen Inc (size 0.3 × qty 4 (1 MCG per billing unit))

55513-0028-01 Aranesp — Amgen Inc (size 0.4 × qty 1 (1 MCG per billing unit))

55513-0032-01 Aranesp — Amgen Inc (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MCG per billing unit))

55513-0057-04 Aranesp — Amgen Inc (size 0.42 × qty 4 (1 MCG per billing unit))

55513-0098-04 Aranesp — Amgen Inc (size 0.4 × qty 4 (1 MCG per billing unit))

55513-0111-01 Aranesp — Amgen Inc (size 0.6 × qty 1 (1 MCG per billing unit))

Related Codes

Same drug, other billing codes

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

J0881 — Injection, darbepoetin alfa, 1 microgram (non-esrd use)

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 J0882 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 (34)

Change history

  • January 1, 2006 — Added to the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

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
Drug products Official source data
CMS Medicare Part B Drug Average Sales Price (ASP) Pricing Files (cms.gov/medicare/payment/part-b-drugs/asp-pricing-files) -- the NDC-HCPCS crosswalk and Part B payment limit files — 2026 Q3 (July 2026 release); FDA National Drug Code Directory, product.txt and package.txt (accessdata.fda.gov/cder/ndctext.zip) — Snapshot retrieved 2026-08-24, loaded 2026-08-24 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
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

Labels on this page: Official source data · MedCoder structured relationship · MedCoder explanation. How to read the labels · All data sources and release dates

Change history

  • January 1, 2006
    Added to the code set
    Injection, darbepoetin alfa, 1 microgram (for esrd on dialysis)

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to J0882 in its code family, with their registry titles.