J2410 — Injection, oxymorphone hcl, up to 1 mg
J2410 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, oxymorphone hcl, up to 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: Special coverage instructions apply
There are published conditions attached to this code. Check the applicable coverage policy before billing it: the code being valid is not the same as the service being covered.
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 J2410 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
- 2 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Clinical: Data
- outpatient
- 2 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Clinical: Data
- DME supplier
- 0 — never payable 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 J2410
- Long descriptor
- Injection, oxymorphone hcl, up to 1 mg
- Short descriptor
- Oxymorphone hcl injection
- Added
- January 1, 1982
- 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 J2410
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If J2410 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- J2400Injection, chloroprocaine hydrochloride, per 30 mlterminated
- J2401Injection, chloroprocaine hydrochloride, per 1 mg
- J2402Injection, chloroprocaine hydrochloride (clorotekal), per 1 mg
- J2403Chloroprocaine hcl ophthalmic, 3% gel, 1 mg
- J2404Injection, nicardipine, 0.1 mg
- J2405Injection, ondansetron hydrochloride, per 1 mg
- J2406Injection, oritavancin (kimyrsa), 10 mg
- J2407Injection, oritavancin (orbactiv), 10 mg
- J2425Injection, palifermin, 50 micrograms
- J2426Injection, paliperidone palmitate extended release (invega sustenna), 1 mg
- J2427Injection, paliperidone palmitate extended release (invega hafyera, or invega trinza), 1 mg
- J2428Injection, paliperidone palmitate extended release (erzofri), 1 mg
- J2430Injection, pamidronate disodium, per 30 mg
- J2440Injection, papaverine hcl, up to 60 mg
- J2460Injection, oxytetracycline hcl, up to 50 mg
- J2468Injection, palonosetron hydrochloride (posfrea), 25 micrograms
Questions about J2410
What is HCPCS code J2410?
J2410 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, oxymorphone hcl, up to 1 mg. It sits in the Drugs Administered Other Than Oral Method section.
Does Medicare cover J2410?
The CMS HCPCS file marks J2410 as "Special coverage instructions apply". There are published conditions attached to this code. Check the applicable coverage policy before billing it: the code being valid is not the same as the service being covered.
How is J2410 paid under the physician fee schedule?
J2410 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).