J1457 — Injection, gallium nitrate, 1 mg
J1457 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, gallium nitrate, 1 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 J1457 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: 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.
The CMS record for J1457
- Long descriptor
- Injection, gallium nitrate, 1 mg
- Short descriptor
- Gallium nitrate injection
- Added
- January 1, 2005
- 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 J1457
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If J1457 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- J1449Injection, eflapegrastim-xnst, 0.1 mg
- J1450Injection fluconazole, 200 mg
- J1451Injection, fomepizole, 15 mg
- J1452Injection, fomivirsen sodium, intraocular, 1.65 mgterminated
- J1453Injection, fosaprepitant, 1 mg
- J1454Injection, fosnetupitant 235 mg and palonosetron 0.25 mg
- J1455Injection, foscarnet sodium, per 1000 mg
- J1456Injection, fosaprepitant (teva), not therapeutically equivalent to j1453, 1 mg
- J1458Injection, galsulfase, 1 mg
- J1459Injection, immune globulin (privigen), intravenous, non-lyophilized (e.g., liquid), 500 mg
- J1460Injection, gamma globulin, intramuscular, 1 cc
- J1551Injection, immune globulin (cutaquig), 100 mg
- J1552Injection, immune globulin (alyglo), 500 mg
- J1553Injection, immune globulin (yimmugo), 100 mg
- J1554Injection, immune globulin (asceniv), 500 mg
- J1555Injection, immune globulin (cuvitru), 100 mg
Questions about J1457
What is HCPCS code J1457?
J1457 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, gallium nitrate, 1 mg. It sits in the Drugs Administered Other Than Oral Method section.
Does Medicare cover J1457?
The CMS HCPCS file marks J1457 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.
Is J1457 still valid?
No. J1457 was terminated on December 31, 2025 and should not be used on new claims.