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J1250 HCPCS Level II Code: Injection, dobutamine hydrochloride, per 250 mg

Coding at a Glance

Drug products
14 NDC products

Medicare Coverage & Payment

  • CMS short descriptor: Inj dobutamine hcl/250 mg
  • 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, 1997

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%): $7.69

00143-9141-10 Dobutamine HCl — Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (size 20 × qty 10 (250 MG per billing unit))

00338-1073-02 Dobutamine HCl — Baxter Healthcare Corporation (size 250 × qty 18 (250 MG per billing unit))

00338-1075-02 Dobutamine HCl — Baxter Healthcare Corporation (size 250 × qty 18 (250 MG per billing unit))

00338-1077-02 Dobutamine HCl — Baxter Healthcare Corporation (size 250 × qty 18 (250 MG per billing unit))

00409-2344-01 Dobutamine HCl — Pfizer Inc (size 20 × qty 1 (250 MG per billing unit))

00409-2344-02 Dobutamine HCl — Pfizer Inc (size 20 × qty 10 (250 MG per billing unit))

00409-2344-88 Dobutamine HCl — Pfizer Inc (size 20 × qty 10 (250 MG per billing unit))

50090-4562-00 Dobutamine HCl — A-S Medication Solutions (size 250 × qty 1 (250 MG per billing unit))

51662-1330-01 Dobutamine HCl — HF Acquisition Co. LLC, DBA HealthFirst (size 250 × qty 1 (250 MG per billing unit))

51662-1337-01 Dobutamine HCl — HF Acquisition Co. LLC, DBA HealthFirst (size 20 × qty 1 (250 MG per billing unit))

51662-1337-03 Dobutamine HCl — HF Acquisition Co. LLC, DBA HealthFirst (size 20 × qty 10 (250 MG per billing unit))

51662-1566-01 Dobutamine HCl — HF Acquisition Co. LLC, DBA HealthFirst (size 250 × qty 1 (250 MG per billing unit))

70436-0203-80 Dobutamine HCl — Slate Run Pharmaceuticals (size 20 × qty 1 (250 MG per billing unit))

70436-0203-82 Dobutamine HCl — Slate Run Pharmaceuticals (size 20 × qty 10 (250 MG per billing unit))

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 J1250 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 (17)

Change history

  • January 1, 1996 — 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
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, 1996
    Added to the code set
    Injection, dobutamine hydrochloride, per 250 mg

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to J1250 in its code family, with their registry titles.