J9250 HCPCS Level II Code: Methotrexate sodium, 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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Code status: Not valid. Removed from HCPCS Level II: not valid for dates of service on or after April 1, 2024.
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Methotrexate sodium inj
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 Set: Removed from the code set — not valid on or after April 1, 2024.
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Every relationship of J9250 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 (40)
- J9214 — Injection, interferon, alfa-2b, recombinant, 1 million units[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J9215 — Injection, interferon, alfa-n3, (human leukocyte derived), 250,000 iu[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J9216 — Injection, interferon, gamma 1-b, 3 million units[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J9217 — Leuprolide acetate (for depot suspension), 7.5 mg[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J9218 — Leuprolide acetate, per 1 mg[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J9219 — Leuprolide acetate implant, 65 mg[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J9220 — Injection, indigotindisulfonate sodium, 1 mg[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- J9223 — Injection, lurbinectedin, 0.1 mg[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 32 more
Change history (2)
- April 1, 2024 — Removed from the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)
- and 1 more
Reference
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Sources for this page
Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.
- 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
- 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 28, 2026 · All releases and sources
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MedCoder.ai. "J9250 — Methotrexate sodium, 5 mg." HCPCS Level II October 2026. https://medcoder.ai/hcpcs/code/j9250-methotrexate-sodium-5-mg
Change history
- April 1, 2024Removed from the code setMethotrexate sodium, 5 mgHCPCS 2024 changes
- January 1, 1994Added to the code setMethotrexate sodium, 5 mgHCPCS 1994 changes
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to J9250 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- J9245 — Injection, melphalan hydrochloride, not otherwise specified, 50 mg
- J9246 — Injection, melphalan (evomela), 1 mg
- J9247 — Injection, melphalan flufenamide, 1mg
- J9248 — Injection, melphalan (hepzato), 1 mg
- J9249 — Injection, melphalan (apotex), 1 mg
- J9255 — Injection, methotrexate (accord), not therapeutically equivalent to j9260, 50 mg
- J9256 — Injection, nipocalimab-aahu, 3 mg
- J9258 — Injection, paclitaxel protein-bound particles (teva), not therapeutically equivalent to j9264, 1 mg
- J9259 — Injection, paclitaxel protein-bound particles (american regent), not therapeutically equivalent to j9264, 1 mg
- J9260 — Injection, methotrexate sodium, 50 mg