J7500 — Azathioprine, oral, 50 mg
J7500 is a HCPCS Level II code for azathioprine, oral, 50 mg. 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 statusX
Statutory exclusion. The item or service is not within the statutory definition of 'physician services', so the fee schedule never pays it.
Global period: XXX
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Medically Unlikely Edits — units per day
The most units of J7500 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
- 0 — never payable MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Oral Medication; Not Payable
- outpatient
- 15 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Prescribing Information
- DME supplier
- 540 units 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 J7500
- Long descriptor
- Azathioprine, oral, 50 mg
- Short descriptor
- Azathioprine oral 50mg
- Added
- January 1, 1988
- 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 J7500
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If J7500 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- J7351Injection, bimatoprost, intracameral implant, 1 microgram
- J7352Afamelanotide implant, 1 mg
- J7353Anacaulase-bcdb, 8.8% gel, 1 gram
- J7354Cantharidin for topical administration, 0.7%, single unit dose applicator (3.2 mg)
- J7355Injection, travoprost, intracameral implant, 1 microgram
- J7356Injection, foscarbidopa 0.25 mg/foslevodopa 5 mg
- J7401Mometasone furoate sinus implant, 10 microgramsterminated
- J7402Mometasone furoate sinus implant, (sinuva), 10 micrograms
- J7501Azathioprine, parenteral, 100 mg
- J7502Cyclosporine, oral, 100 mg
- J7503Tacrolimus, extended release, (envarsus xr), oral, 0.25 mg
- J7504Lymphocyte immune globulin, antithymocyte globulin, equine, parenteral, 250 mg
- J7505Muromonab-cd3, parenteral, 5 mgterminated
- J7506Prednisone, oral, per 5 mgterminated
- J7507Tacrolimus, immediate release, oral, 1 mg
- J7508Tacrolimus, extended release, (astagraf xl), oral, 0.1 mg
Questions about J7500
What is HCPCS code J7500?
J7500 is a HCPCS Level II code for azathioprine, oral, 50 mg. It sits in the Drugs Administered Other Than Oral Method section.
Does Medicare cover J7500?
The CMS HCPCS file marks J7500 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 J7500 paid under the physician fee schedule?
J7500 carries PFS status code X. Statutory exclusion. The item or service is not within the statutory definition of 'physician services', so the fee schedule never pays it.