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J1453 HCPCS Level II Code: Injection, fosaprepitant, 1 mg

Medicare Coverage & Payment

  • CMS short descriptor: Fosaprepitant injection
  • Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment (CMS coverage code C)
  • Payment category: Drugs (pricing indicator 51)
  • BETOS: O1E — Other drugs
  • Last CMS action effective: January 1, 2022

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 Overview

Injection, fosaprepitant, 1 mg is a HCPCS Level II code (J1453). CMS assigns coverage code C — Carrier judgment. Short description: Fosaprepitant injection.

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

Change history

  • 2009-01-01
    Added to the code set
    Injection, fosaprepitant, 1 mg

Drug products (NDC)

CMS ASP NDC-HCPCS Crosswalk · 2026 Q3

Medicare Part B payment limit (ASP + 6%): $0.12

00006-3061-00 Emend — Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

00143-9384-01 Fosaprepitant — Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

00143-9428-01 Fosaprepitant — Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

16714-0248-01 Fosaprepitant — Northstar RxLLC (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

43598-0859-11 Fosaprepitant — Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Inc. (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

43598-0948-11 Fosaprepitant — Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Inc. (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

55150-0299-01 Fosaprepitant — Eugia US LLC (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

60505-6105-01 Fosaprepitant — Apotex Corp (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

63323-0972-10 Fosaprepitant — FreseniUS Kabi USA, LLC (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

67457-0889-10 Fosaprepitant — Mylan Institutional LLC (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

68001-0523-36 Fosaprepitant — BluePoint Laboratories (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

68001-0675-25 Fosaprepitant — Bluepoint Laboratories (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

68180-0690-01 Fosaprepitant — Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

70860-0780-10 Fosaprepitant — Athenex Pharmaceutical Division, LLC (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

70860-0782-10 Fosaprepitant — Athenex Pharmaceutical Division, LLC (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

70860-0783-10 Fosaprepitant — Athenex Pharmaceutical Division, LLC (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

71839-0104-01 Fosaprepitant — BE Pharmaceuticals Inc. (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

72205-0026-01 Fosaprepitant — Novadoz Pharmaceuticals LLC (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

72205-0054-01 Fosaprepitant — Novadoz Pharmaceuticals LLC (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

72205-0083-01 Fosaprepitant — Novadoz Pharmaceuticals LLC (size 1 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

+3 more

Related Codes

Same drug, other billing codes

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

J1456 — Injection, fosaprepitant (teva), not therapeutically equivalent to j1453, 1 mg, J8501 — Aprepitant, oral, 5 mg

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 J1453 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.

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  • J1413 — Injection, delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl, per therapeutic dose [Sibling]
  • J1414 — Injection, fidanacogene elaparvovec-dzkt, per therapeutic dose [Sibling]
  • J1426 — Injection, casimersen, 10 mg [Sibling]
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  • and 27 more

Change history

  • 2009-01-01 — Added to the code set [Change history]

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to J1453 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • J1448 — Injection, trilaciclib, 1mg
  • J1449 — Injection, eflapegrastim-xnst, 0.1 mg
  • J1450 — Injection fluconazole, 200 mg
  • J1451 — Injection, fomepizole, 15 mg
  • J1452 — Injection, fomivirsen sodium, intraocular, 1.65 mg
  • J1454 — Injection, fosnetupitant 235 mg and palonosetron 0.25 mg
  • J1455 — Injection, foscarnet sodium, per 1000 mg
  • J1456 — Injection, fosaprepitant (teva), not therapeutically equivalent to j1453, 1 mg
  • J1457 — Injection, gallium nitrate, 1 mg
  • J1458 — Injection, galsulfase, 1 mg