J0871: Injection, daptomycin (endo), not therapeutically equivalent to j0878, 1 mg
J0871 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, daptomycin (endo), not therapeutically equivalent to j0878, 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 2026Q4-Oct. This states Medicare’s position on the code, not on your particular claim.
The CMS record for J0871
- Long descriptor
- Injection, daptomycin (endo), not therapeutically equivalent to j0878, 1 mg
- Short descriptor
- Inj, daptomycin (endo) 1mg
- Added
- October 1, 2026
- 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 J0871
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If J0871 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- J0801Injection, corticotropin (acthar gel), up to 40 units
- J0802Injection, corticotropin (ani), up to 40 units
- J0833Injection, cosyntropin, not otherwise specified, 0.25 mgterminated
- J0834Injection, cosyntropin, 0.25 mg
- J0840Injection, crotalidae polyvalent immune fab (ovine), up to 1 gram
- J0841Injection, crotalidae immune f(ab')2 (equine), 120 mg
- J0850Injection, cytomegalovirus immune globulin intravenous (human), per vial
- J0870Injection, imetelstat, 1 mg
- J0872Injection, daptomycin (xellia), unrefrigerated, not therapeutically equivalent to j0878 or j0873, 1 mg
- J0873Injection, daptomycin (xellia), not therapeutically equivalent to j0878 or j0872, 1 mg
- J0874Injection, daptomycin (baxter), not therapeutically equivalent to j0878, 1 mg
- J0875Injection, dalbavancin, 5 mg
- J0877Injection, daptomycin (hospira), not therapeutically equivalent to j0878, 1 mg
- J0878Injection, daptomycin, 1 mg
- J0879Injection, difelikefalin, 0.1 microgram, (for esrd on dialysis)
- J0881Injection, darbepoetin alfa, 1 microgram (non-esrd use)