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J3241

J3241Injection, teprotumumab-trbw, 10 mg

HCPCSActiveBETOS O1E

J3241 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, teprotumumab-trbw, 10 mg. 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 J3241 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
500 units
MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Prescribing Information
outpatient
500 units
MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Prescribing Information
DME supplier
500 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 J3241

Long descriptor
Injection, teprotumumab-trbw, 10 mg

The official wording. This is what the code means.

Short descriptor
Inj. teprotumumab-trbw 10 mg

CMS's 28-character form, which is what shows up on a remittance advice.

Added
October 1, 2020

When CMS introduced the code.

BETOS
O1E

Berenson-Eggers Type of Service — CMS's own analytic grouping.

Pricing indicator
51 — Other

Drugs.

Codes adjacent to J3241

HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If J3241 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.

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Questions about J3241

What is HCPCS code J3241?

J3241 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, teprotumumab-trbw, 10 mg. It sits in the Drugs Administered Other Than Oral Method section.

Does Medicare cover J3241?

The CMS HCPCS file marks J3241 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 J3241 paid under the physician fee schedule?

J3241 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).

HCPCS Level II2026Q3-Jul· effective July 1, 2026