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J2260 HCPCS Level II Code: Injection, milrinone lactate, 5 mg

HCPCS Level II code, maintained by CMS. Not a CPT code: CPT (HCPCS Level I) is a separate AMA code set that MedCoder does not publish. About HCPCS Level II

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Coding at a Glance

Drug products
35 NDC products

Medicare Coverage & Payment

  • CMS short descriptor: Inj milrinone lactate / 5 mg

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.

Coding context

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Drug products (NDC)

CMS ASP NDC-HCPCS Crosswalk · 2026 Q4

Medicare Part B payment limit (ASP + 6%): $1.14

00143-9326-10 Milrinone Lactate — Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (size 20 × qty 10 (5 MG per billing unit))

00143-9373-10 Milrinone Lactate — Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (size 10 × qty 10 (5 MG per billing unit))

00143-9374-10 Milrinone Lactate — Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (size 20 × qty 10 (5 MG per billing unit))

00143-9708-01 Milrinone Lactate — Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (size 50 × qty 1 (5 MG per billing unit))

00143-9709-10 Milrinone Lactate — Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (size 20 × qty 10 (5 MG per billing unit))

00143-9710-10 Milrinone Lactate — Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (size 10 × qty 10 (5 MG per billing unit))

00143-9718-10 Milrinone In Dextrose — Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (size 200 × qty 10 (5 MG per billing unit))

00143-9719-10 Milrinone In Dextrose — Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. (size 100 × qty 10 (5 MG per billing unit))

00338-6010-48 Milrinone In Dextrose — Baxter Healthcare Corporation (size 100 × qty 1 (5 MG per billing unit))

00338-6011-37 Milrinone In Dextrose — Baxter Healthcare Corporation (size 200 × qty 1 (5 MG per billing unit))

00409-0212-01 Milrinone Lactate — Pfizer Inc (size 10 × qty 10 (5 MG per billing unit))

00409-0212-02 Milrinone Lactate — Pfizer Inc (size 20 × qty 10 (5 MG per billing unit))

00409-0212-03 Milrinone Lactate — Pfizer Inc (size 50 × qty 1 (5 MG per billing unit))

00409-2045-10 Milrinone In Dextrose — Pfizer Inc (size 100 × qty 10 (5 MG per billing unit))

25021-0313-82 Milrinone In Dextrose — Sagent Pharmaceuticals (size 100 × qty 10 (5 MG per billing unit))

25021-0313-87 Milrinone In Dextrose — Sagent Pharmaceuticals (size 200 × qty 10 (5 MG per billing unit))

55150-0287-10 Milrinone In Dextrose — Eugia US LLC (size 100 × qty 10 (5 MG per billing unit))

55150-0288-10 Milrinone In Dextrose — Eugia US LLC (size 200 × qty 10 (5 MG per billing unit))

63323-0617-10 Milrinone Lactate — FreseniUS Kabi USA, LLC (size 10 × qty 10 (5 MG per billing unit))

63323-0617-20 Milrinone Lactate — FreseniUS Kabi USA, LLC (size 20 × qty 10 (5 MG per billing unit))

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Contextual Map

Every relationship of J2260 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)

Change history

  • January 1, 1986 — Added to the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)

Reference

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Sources for this page

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Code, descriptors, coverage and pricing attributes Official source data
CMS HCPCS Alpha-Numeric (ANWEB) release — October 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 Q4 (October 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-derived 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 editorial 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.

Current data releases:ICD-10-CM FY2027 · ICD-10-PCS FY2027 · HCPCS October 2026 · MS-DRG v44 · Medicare Code Editor v44.0 · NCCI PTP Q4 2026 · MUE Q4 2026 · NCD code lists 2026-01 · LCD export September 20, 2026 · All releases and sources

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MedCoder.ai. "J2260 — Injection, milrinone lactate, 5 mg." HCPCS Level II October 2026. https://medcoder.ai/hcpcs/code/j2260-injection-milrinone-lactate-5-mg

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Nearest Codes in This Family

Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to J2260 in its code family, with their registry titles.