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J1756 HCPCS Level II Code: Injection, iron sucrose, 1 mg

Medicare Coverage & Payment

  • CMS short descriptor: Iron sucrose 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, 2003

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, iron sucrose, 1 mg is a HCPCS Level II code (J1756). CMS assigns coverage code C — Carrier judgment. Short description: Iron sucrose injection.

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

Change history

  • 2003-01-01
    Added to the code set
    Injection, iron sucrose, 1 mg

Drug products (NDC)

CMS ASP NDC-HCPCS Crosswalk · 2026 Q3

Medicare Part B payment limit (ASP + 6%): $0.23

00517-2310-05 Venofer — American Regent, Inc. (size 10 × qty 5 (1 MG per billing unit))

00517-2325-10 Venofer — American Regent, Inc. (size 2.5 × qty 10 (1 MG per billing unit))

00517-2340-10 Venofer — American Regent, Inc. (size 5 × qty 10 (1 MG per billing unit))

00517-2340-25 Venofer — American Regent, Inc. (size 5 × qty 25 (1 MG per billing unit))

00517-2340-99 Venofer — American Regent, Inc. (size 5 × qty 10 (1 MG per billing unit))

00781-3485-95 Iron Sucrose — Sandoz Inc. (size 2.5 × qty 10 (1 MG per billing unit))

00781-3485-96 Iron Sucrose — Sandoz Inc. (size 2.5 × qty 25 (1 MG per billing unit))

00781-3486-95 Iron Sucrose — Sandoz Inc. (size 5 × qty 10 (1 MG per billing unit))

00781-3486-96 Iron Sucrose — Sandoz Inc. (size 5 × qty 25 (1 MG per billing unit))

00781-3487-14 Iron Sucrose — Sandoz Inc. (size 10 × qty 5 (1 MG per billing unit))

00781-3487-94 Iron Sucrose — Sandoz Inc. (size 10 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

49230-0530-10 Venofer — Fresenius Medical Care North America (size 2.5 × qty 10 (1 MG per billing unit))

49230-0530-25 Venofer — Fresenius Medical Care North America (size 2.5 × qty 25 (1 MG per billing unit))

49230-0534-10 Venofer — Fresenius Medical Care North America (size 5 × qty 10 (1 MG per billing unit))

49230-0534-25 Venofer — Fresenius Medical Care North America (size 5 × qty 25 (1 MG per billing unit))

50090-4541-00 Venofer — A-S Medication Solutions (size 5 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

51662-1568-01 Venofer — HF Acquisition Co. LLC, DBA HealthFirst (size 5 × qty 1 (1 MG per billing unit))

51662-1568-03 Venofer — HF Acquisition Co. LLC, DBA HealthFirst (size 5 × qty 10 (1 MG per billing unit))

67457-0638-10 Iron Sucrose — Mylan Institutional LLC (size 5 × qty 10 (1 MG per billing unit))

67457-0638-25 Iron Sucrose — Mylan Institutional LLC (size 5 × qty 25 (1 MG per billing unit))

+5 more

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 J1756 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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  • 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]
  • J1729 — Injection, hydroxyprogesterone caproate, not otherwise specified, 10 mg [Sibling]
  • J1730 — Injection, diazoxide, up to 300 mg [Sibling]
  • J1736 — Injection, meloxicam (delova), 1 mg [Sibling]
  • and 15 more

Change history

  • 2003-01-01 — Added to the code set [Change history]

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to J1756 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • J1743 — Injection, idursulfase, 1 mg
  • J1744 — Injection, icatibant, 1 mg
  • J1745 — Injection, infliximab, excludes biosimilar, 10 mg
  • J1746 — Injection, ibalizumab-uiyk, 10 mg
  • J1747 — Injection, spesolimab-sbzo, 1 mg
  • J1748 — Injection, infliximab-dyyb (zymfentra), 10 mg
  • J1749 — Injection, iloprost, 0.1 mcg
  • J1750 — Injection, iron dextran, 50 mg
  • J1786 — Injection, imiglucerase, 10 units
  • J1790 — Injection, droperidol, up to 5 mg