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J1729 HCPCS Level II Code: Injection, hydroxyprogesterone caproate, not otherwise specified, 10 mg

Medicare Coverage & Payment

  • CMS short descriptor: Inj hydroxyprogst capoat nos
  • Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment (CMS coverage code C)
  • Payment category: Drugs (pricing indicator 51)
  • BETOS: O1E — Other drugs
  • Last CMS action effective: January 1, 2020

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, hydroxyprogesterone caproate, not otherwise specified, 10 mg is a HCPCS Level II code (J1729). CMS assigns coverage code C — Carrier judgment. Short description: Inj hydroxyprogst capoat nos.

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

Change history

  • 2018-01-01
    Added to the code set
    Injection, hydroxyprogesterone caproate, not otherwise specified, 10 mg

Contextual Map

Every relationship of J1729 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 (23)

  • J1700 — Injection, hydrocortisone acetate, up to 25 mg [Sibling]
  • J1710 — Injection, hydrocortisone sodium phosphate, up to 50 mg [Sibling]
  • J1720 — Injection, hydrocortisone sodium succinate, up to 100 mg [Sibling]
  • J1725 — Injection, hydroxyprogesterone caproate, 1 mg [Sibling]
  • J1726 — Injection, hydroxyprogesterone caproate, (makena), 10 mg [Sibling]
  • J1730 — Injection, diazoxide, up to 300 mg [Sibling]
  • J1736 — Injection, meloxicam (delova), 1 mg [Sibling]
  • J1737 — Injection, meloxicam (azurity), 1 mg [Sibling]
  • and 15 more

Change history

  • 2018-01-01 — Added to the code set [Change history]

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to J1729 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • J1700 — Injection, hydrocortisone acetate, up to 25 mg
  • J1710 — Injection, hydrocortisone sodium phosphate, up to 50 mg
  • J1720 — Injection, hydrocortisone sodium succinate, up to 100 mg
  • J1725 — Injection, hydroxyprogesterone caproate, 1 mg
  • J1726 — Injection, hydroxyprogesterone caproate, (makena), 10 mg
  • J1730 — Injection, diazoxide, up to 300 mg
  • J1736 — Injection, meloxicam (delova), 1 mg
  • J1737 — Injection, meloxicam (azurity), 1 mg
  • J1738 — Injection, meloxicam, 1 mg
  • J1740 — Injection, ibandronate sodium, 1 mg