J0587 — Injection, rimabotulinumtoxinb, 100 units
J0587 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, rimabotulinumtoxinb, 100 units. 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 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 J0587 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
- 300 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Clinical: Data
- outpatient
- 300 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Clinical: Data
- DME supplier
- 0 — never payable MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · CMS Policy
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 J0587
- Long descriptor
- Injection, rimabotulinumtoxinb, 100 units
- Short descriptor
- Inj, rimabotulinumtoxinb
- 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 J0587
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If J0587 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- J0576Injection, buprenorphine extended-release (brixadi), 1 mgterminated
- J0577Injection, buprenorphine extended-release (brixadi), less than or equal to 7 days of therapy
- J0578Injection, buprenorphine extended release (brixadi), greater than 7 days and up to 28 days of therapy
- J0582Injection, bivalirudin (endo), not therapeutically equivalent to j0583, 1 mg
- J0583Injection, bivalirudin, 1 mg
- J0584Injection, burosumab-twza 1 mg
- J0585Injection, onabotulinumtoxina, 1 unit
- J0586Injection, abobotulinumtoxina, 5 units
- J0588Injection, incobotulinumtoxin a, 1 unit
- J0589Injection, daxibotulinumtoxina-lanm, 1 unit
- J0591Injection, deoxycholic acid, 1 mg
- J0592Injection, buprenorphine hydrochloride, 0.1 mg
- J0593Injection, lanadelumab-flyo, 1 mg (code may be used for medicare when drug administered under direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self-administered)
- J0594injection, busulfan, 1 mg
- J0595Injection, butorphanol tartrate, 1 mg
- J0596Injection, c1 esterase inhibitor (recombinant), ruconest, 10 units
Questions about J0587
What is HCPCS code J0587?
J0587 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, rimabotulinumtoxinb, 100 units. It sits in the Drugs Administered Other Than Oral Method section.
Does Medicare cover J0587?
The CMS HCPCS file marks J0587 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 J0587 paid under the physician fee schedule?
J0587 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).