HCPCS Code J1745 | Description & Billing Guidelines

J1745 can be billed for every unit of 10 miligram of the drug Infliximab. This drug minimizes substance that inflame a patient’s body.

What Is J1745?

HCPCS code J1745 can be used for Infliximab. Infliximab minimizes the effects of a substance that can cause inflammation in the body.

One unit of J1745 represents 10 mg of Infliximab. Routes of administration include intravenous, which is an injection, or instillation of liquid, through a needle into a vein, and intramuscular, which is an injection into a muscle.

Description

HCPCS described J1745 for the 10 mg of Infliximab. Below you can find the official description of J1745.

Short Description: “Infliximab not biosimil 10mg.”

Long Description: “Injection, infliximab, excludes biosimilar, 10 mg.”

Pricing Indicator: 51

Code: O1E

Code Added: January 01, 2000

Last Changed: January 01, 2017

Billing Guidelines

Report this J1745 for each 10 mg dose of Infliximab administered by injection.

Do not report J1745 for biosimilar forms of Infliximab. Administration of Infliximab is not covered by J1745.

Brand names for the drug Infliximab include Remicade®.