J7196 — Injection, antithrombin recombinant, 50 i.u.
J7196 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, antithrombin recombinant, 50 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: 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).
Global period: XXX
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Medically Unlikely Edits — units per day
The most units of J7196 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
- 175 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Prescribing Information
- outpatient
- 175 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Prescribing Information
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 J7196
- Long descriptor
- Injection, antithrombin recombinant, 50 i.u.
- Short descriptor
- Antithrombin recombinant
- Added
- January 1, 2011
- 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 J7196
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If J7196 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- J7202Injection, factor ix, albumin fusion protein, (recombinant), idelvion, 1 i.u.
- J7203Injection factor ix, (antihemophilic factor, recombinant), glycopegylated, (rebinyn), 1 iu
- J7204Injection, factor viii, antihemophilic factor (recombinant), (esperoct), glycopegylated-exei, per iu
Questions about J7196
What is HCPCS code J7196?
J7196 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, antithrombin recombinant, 50 i.u.. It sits in the Drugs Administered Other Than Oral Method section.
Does Medicare cover J7196?
The CMS HCPCS file marks J7196 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 J7196 paid under the physician fee schedule?
J7196 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).