J0218 — Injection, olipudase alfa-rpcp, 1 mg
J0218 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, olipudase alfa-rpcp, 1 mg. It belongs to the Drugs Administered Other Than Oral Method section. Whether Medicare pays it depends on the coverage rule below.
Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment
Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.
From the coverage field of the CMS Alpha-Numeric HCPCS File, release 2026Q3-Jul. This states Medicare’s position on the code, not on your particular claim.
Physician fee schedule statusE
Excluded from the physician fee schedule by regulation. Payment, where it exists, comes from another fee schedule (drugs via ASP, supplies via DMEPOS, and so on).
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Medically Unlikely Edits — units per day
The most units of J0218 Medicare will pay on one date of service. Bill more on a single line and it is denied. The limit is not the same in every setting, so the row that matters is the one matching the claim you are building.
- practitioner
- 460 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · CMS Policy
- outpatient
- 460 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · CMS Policy
The adjudication indicator decides whether exceeding the limit is worth appealing at all: MAI 1 is a line edit you can support with documentation, MAI 3 is a date-of-service edit that is also appealable, and MAI 2 is absolute — no documentation overrides it. CMS MUE 2026Q3.
The CMS record for J0218
- Long descriptor
- Injection, olipudase alfa-rpcp, 1 mg
- Short descriptor
- Inj olipudase alfa-rpcp 1mg
- Added
- April 1, 2023
- BETOS
- O1E
- Pricing indicator
- 51 — Other
The official wording. This is what the code means.
CMS's 28-character form, which is what shows up on a remittance advice.
When CMS introduced the code.
Berenson-Eggers Type of Service — CMS's own analytic grouping.
Drugs.
Codes adjacent to J0218
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If J0218 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- J0207Injection, amifostine, 500 mg
- J0208Injection, sodium thiosulfate (pedmark), 100 mg
- J0209Injection, sodium thiosulfate (hope), 100 mg
- J0210Injection, methyldopate hcl, up to 250 mg
- J0211Injection, sodium nitrite 3 mg and sodium thiosulfate 125 mg (nithiodote)
- J0215Injection, alefacept, 0.5 mgterminated
- J0216Injection, alfentanil hydrochloride, 500 micrograms
- J0217Injection, velmanase alfa-tycv, 1 mg
- J0219Injection, avalglucosidase alfa-ngpt, 4 mg
- J0220Injection, alglucosidase alfa, 10 mg, not otherwise specified
- J0221Injection, alglucosidase alfa, (lumizyme), 10 mg
- J0222Injection, patisiran, 0.1 mg
- J0223Injection, givosiran, 0.5 mg
- J0224Injection, lumasiran, 0.5 mg
- J0225Injection, vutrisiran, 1 mg
- J0248Injection, remdesivir, 1 mg
Questions about J0218
What is HCPCS code J0218?
J0218 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, olipudase alfa-rpcp, 1 mg. It sits in the Drugs Administered Other Than Oral Method section.
Does Medicare cover J0218?
The CMS HCPCS file marks J0218 as "Carrier judgment". Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.
How is J0218 paid under the physician fee schedule?
J0218 carries PFS status code E. Excluded from the physician fee schedule by regulation. Payment, where it exists, comes from another fee schedule (drugs via ASP, supplies via DMEPOS, and so on).