J0380 — Injection, metaraminol bitartrate, per 10 mg
J0380 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, metaraminol bitartrate, per 10 mg. It belongs to the Drugs Administered Other Than Oral Method section. It was terminated on December 31, 2025 and is not valid on new claims.
This code has been terminated
CMS terminated J0380 on December 31, 2025. It stays in the file as history — a claim you are auditing from before that date may legitimately carry it — but it must not appear on a new claim. The adjacent codes below are the usual place to look for its replacement.
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.
The CMS record for J0380
- Long descriptor
- Injection, metaraminol bitartrate, per 10 mg
- Short descriptor
- Inj metaraminol bitartrate
- Added
- January 1, 1982
- Terminated
- December 31, 2025
- 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.
When CMS retired it.
Berenson-Eggers Type of Service — CMS's own analytic grouping.
Drugs.
Codes adjacent to J0380
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If J0380 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- J0300Injection, amobarbital, up to 125 mg
- J0330Injection, succinylcholine chloride, up to 20 mg
- J0348Injection, anidulafungin, 1 mg
- J0349Injection, rezafungin, 1 mg
- J0350Injection, anistreplase, per 30 unitsterminated
- J0360Injection, hydralazine hcl, up to 20 mg
- J0364Injection, apomorphine hydrochloride, 1 mg
- J0365Injection, aprotonin, 10,000 kiuterminated
- J0390Injection, chloroquine hydrochloride, up to 250 mg
- J0391Injection, artesunate, 1 mg
- J0395Injection, arbutamine hcl, 1 mgterminated
- J0400Injection, aripiprazole, intramuscular, 0.25 mg
- J0401Injection, aripiprazole (abilify maintena), 1 mg
- J0402Injection, aripiprazole (abilify asimtufii), 1 mg
- J0456Injection, azithromycin, 500 mg
- J0457Injection, aztreonam, 100 mg
Questions about J0380
What is HCPCS code J0380?
J0380 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, metaraminol bitartrate, per 10 mg. It sits in the Drugs Administered Other Than Oral Method section.
Does Medicare cover J0380?
The CMS HCPCS file marks J0380 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.
Is J0380 still valid?
No. J0380 was terminated on December 31, 2025 and should not be used on new claims.