Q2028 — Injection, sculptra, 0.5 mg
Q2028 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, sculptra, 0.5 mg. It belongs to the Temporary Codes 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 Q2028 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
- 1470 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Clinical: Data
- outpatient
- 1470 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · 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 Q2028
- Long descriptor
- Injection, sculptra, 0.5 mg
- Short descriptor
- Inj, sculptra, 0.5mg
- Added
- January 1, 2014
- 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.
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HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If Q2028 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
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Questions about Q2028
What is HCPCS code Q2028?
Q2028 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, sculptra, 0.5 mg. It sits in the Temporary Codes section.
Does Medicare cover Q2028?
The CMS HCPCS file marks Q2028 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 Q2028 paid under the physician fee schedule?
Q2028 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).