J7519 — Injection, mycophenolate mofetil, 10 mg
J7519 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, mycophenolate mofetil, 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).
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Medically Unlikely Edits — units per day
The most units of J7519 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 · CMS Policy
- outpatient
- 500 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · CMS Policy
- DME supplier
- 500 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 J7519
- Long descriptor
- Injection, mycophenolate mofetil, 10 mg
- Short descriptor
- Inj. mycophenolate mofetil
- Added
- October 1, 2023
- 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 J7519
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If J7519 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- J7511Lymphocyte immune globulin, antithymocyte globulin, rabbit, parenteral, 25 mg
- J7512Prednisone, immediate release or delayed release, oral, 1 mg
- J7513Daclizumab, parenteral, 25 mgterminated
- J7514Mycophenolate mofetil (myhibbin), oral suspension, 100 mg
- J7515Cyclosporine, oral, 25 mg
- J7516Injection, cyclosporine, 250 mg
- J7517Mycophenolate mofetil, oral, 250 mg
- J7518Mycophenolic acid, oral, 180 mg
- J7520Sirolimus, oral, 1 mg
- J7521Tacrolimus, granules, oral suspension, 0.1 mg
- J7525Tacrolimus, parenteral, 5 mg
- J7527Everolimus, oral, 0.25 mg
- J7528Mycophenolate mofetil, for suspension, oral, 100 mg
- J7599Immunosuppressive drug, not otherwise classified
- J7601Ensifentrine, inhalation suspension, fda approved final product, non-compounded, administered through dme, unit dose form, 3 mg
- J7604Acetylcysteine, inhalation solution, compounded product, administered through dme, unit dose form, per gram
Questions about J7519
What is HCPCS code J7519?
J7519 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, mycophenolate mofetil, 10 mg. It sits in the Drugs Administered Other Than Oral Method section.
Does Medicare cover J7519?
The CMS HCPCS file marks J7519 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 J7519 paid under the physician fee schedule?
J7519 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).