J7190 — Factor viii (antihemophilic factor, human) per i.u.
J7190 is a HCPCS Level II code for factor viii (antihemophilic factor, human) per i.u.. 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 statusX
Statutory exclusion. The item or service is not within the statutory definition of 'physician services', so the fee schedule never pays it.
Global period: XXX
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Medically Unlikely Edits — units per day
The most units of J7190 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
- 22000 units MAI 1 — Line Edit · Clinical: Data
- outpatient
- 22000 units MAI 1 — Line Edit · Clinical: Data
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 J7190
- Long descriptor
- Factor viii (antihemophilic factor, human) per i.u.
- Short descriptor
- Factor viii
- Added
- January 1, 1986
- 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 J7190
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If J7190 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- J7181Injection, factor xiii a-subunit, (recombinant), per iu
- J7182Injection, factor viii, (antihemophilic factor, recombinant), (novoeight), per iu
- J7183Injection, von willebrand factor complex (human), wilate, 1 i.u. vwf:rco
- J7185Injection, factor viii (antihemophilic factor, recombinant) (xyntha), per i.u.
- J7186Injection, antihemophilic factor viii/von willebrand factor complex (human), per factor viii i.u.
- J7187Injection, von willebrand factor complex (humate-p), per iu vwf:rco
- J7188Injection, factor viii (antihemophilic factor, recombinant), (obizur), per i.u.
- J7189Factor viia (antihemophilic factor, recombinant), (novoseven rt), 1 microgram
- J7191Factor viii (antihemophilic factor (porcine)), per i.u.
- J7192Factor viii (antihemophilic factor, recombinant) per i.u., not otherwise specified
- J7193Factor ix (antihemophilic factor, purified, non-recombinant) per i.u.
- J7194Factor ix, complex, per i.u.
- J7195Injection, factor ix (antihemophilic factor, recombinant) per iu, not otherwise specified
- J7196Injection, antithrombin recombinant, 50 i.u.
- J7197Antithrombin iii (human), per i.u.
- J7198Anti-inhibitor, per i.u.
Questions about J7190
What is HCPCS code J7190?
J7190 is a HCPCS Level II code for factor viii (antihemophilic factor, human) per i.u.. It sits in the Drugs Administered Other Than Oral Method section.
Does Medicare cover J7190?
The CMS HCPCS file marks J7190 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 J7190 paid under the physician fee schedule?
J7190 carries PFS status code X. Statutory exclusion. The item or service is not within the statutory definition of 'physician services', so the fee schedule never pays it.