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)
- J0800 — Injection, corticotropin, up to 40 units[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0801 — Injection, corticotropin (acthar gel), up to 40 units[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0802 — Injection, corticotropin (ani), up to 40 units[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0833 — Injection, cosyntropin, not otherwise specified, 0.25 mg[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0834 — Injection, cosyntropin, 0.25 mg[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0840 — Injection, crotalidae polyvalent immune fab (ovine), up to 1 gram[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0841 — Injection, crotalidae immune f(ab')2 (equine), 120 mg[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J0850 — Injection, cytomegalovirus immune globulin intravenous (human), per vial[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 26 more
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.
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Change history
- January 1, 2006Added to the code setInjection, 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.
- J0875 — Injection, dalbavancin, 5 mg
- J0877 — Injection, daptomycin (hospira), not therapeutically equivalent to j0878, 1 mg
- J0878 — Injection, daptomycin, 1 mg
- J0879 — Injection, difelikefalin, 0.1 microgram, (for esrd on dialysis)
- J0881 — Injection, darbepoetin alfa, 1 microgram (non-esrd use)
- J0883 — Injection, argatroban, 1 mg (for non-esrd use)
- J0884 — Injection, argatroban, 1 mg (for esrd on dialysis)
- J0885 — Injection, epoetin alfa, (for non-esrd use), 1000 units
- J0886 — Injection, epoetin alfa, 1000 units (for esrd on dialysis)
- J0887 — Injection, epoetin beta, 1 microgram, (for esrd on dialysis)