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J1094 HCPCS Level II Code: Injection, dexamethasone acetate, 1 mg

Medicare Coverage & Payment

  • CMS short descriptor: Inj dexamethasone acetate
  • Medicare coverage: Special coverage instructions apply (CMS coverage code D)
  • Payment category: Drugs (pricing indicator 51)
  • BETOS: O1E — Other drugs
  • Last CMS action effective: April 1, 2025
  • Terminated: March 31, 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.

Code Set: Removed from the code set — not valid on or after April 1, 2025.

Code Overview

Injection, dexamethasone acetate, 1 mg is a HCPCS Level II code (J1094). CMS assigns coverage code D — Special coverage instructions apply. CMS terminated this code effective March 31, 2025; it cannot be reported for later dates of service. Short description: Inj dexamethasone acetate.

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

Change history

  • 2025-04-01
    Removed from the code set
    Injection, dexamethasone acetate, 1 mg
  • 2003-01-01
    Added to the code set
    Injection, dexamethasone acetate, 1 mg

Contextual Map

Every relationship of J1094 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 (16)

  • J1000 — Injection, depo-estradiol cypionate, up to 5 mg [Sibling]
  • J1010 — Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 1 mg [Sibling]
  • J1020 — Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 20 mg [Sibling]
  • J1030 — Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg [Sibling]
  • J1040 — Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg [Sibling]
  • J1050 — Injection, medroxyprogesterone acetate, 1 mg [Sibling]
  • J1060 — Injection, testosterone cypionate and estradiol cypionate, up to 1 ml [Sibling]
  • J1070 — Injection, testosterone cypionate, up to 100 mg [Sibling]
  • and 8 more

Change history (2)

  • 2025-04-01 — Removed from the code set [Change history]
  • and 1 more

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to J1094 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • J1060 — Injection, testosterone cypionate and estradiol cypionate, up to 1 ml
  • J1070 — Injection, testosterone cypionate, up to 100 mg
  • J1071 — Injection, testosterone cypionate, 1 mg
  • J1072 — Injection, testosterone cypionate (azmiro), 1 mg
  • J1073 — Testosterone pellet, implant, 75 mg
  • J1080 — Injection, testosterone cypionate, 1 cc, 200 mg
  • J1095 — Injection, dexamethasone 9 percent, intraocular, 1 microgram
  • J1096 — Dexamethasone, lacrimal ophthalmic insert, 0.1 mg
  • J1097 — Phenylephrine 10.16 mg/ml and ketorolac 2.88 mg/ml ophthalmic irrigation solution, 1 ml
  • J1098 — Articaine ophthalmic, 8% solution, 0.4 ml