J7193 — Factor ix (antihemophilic factor, purified, non-recombinant) per i.u.
J7193 is a HCPCS Level II code for factor ix (antihemophilic factor, purified, non-recombinant) 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 J7193 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
- 4000 units MAI 1 — Line Edit · Clinical: Data
- outpatient
- 20000 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 J7193
- Long descriptor
- Factor ix (antihemophilic factor, purified, non-recombinant) per i.u.
- Short descriptor
- Factor ix non-recombinant
- Added
- January 1, 2002
- 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 J7193
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If J7193 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- 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
- J7190Factor viii (antihemophilic factor, human) per i.u.
- J7191Factor viii (antihemophilic factor (porcine)), per i.u.
- J7192Factor viii (antihemophilic factor, recombinant) per i.u., not otherwise specified
- 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.
- J7199Hemophilia clotting factor, not otherwise classified
- J7200Injection, factor ix, (antihemophilic factor, recombinant), rixubis, per iu
- J7201Injection, factor ix, fc fusion protein, (recombinant), alprolix, 1 i.u.
Questions about J7193
What is HCPCS code J7193?
J7193 is a HCPCS Level II code for factor ix (antihemophilic factor, purified, non-recombinant) per i.u.. It sits in the Drugs Administered Other Than Oral Method section.
Does Medicare cover J7193?
The CMS HCPCS file marks J7193 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 J7193 paid under the physician fee schedule?
J7193 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.