J9230 — Injection, mechlorethamine hydrochloride, (nitrogen mustard), 10 mg
J9230 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, mechlorethamine hydrochloride, (nitrogen mustard), 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: 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 J9230 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
- 5 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Prescribing Information
- outpatient
- 5 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Prescribing Information
- 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 J9230
- Long descriptor
- Injection, mechlorethamine hydrochloride, (nitrogen mustard), 10 mg
- Short descriptor
- Mechlorethamine hcl inj
- Added
- January 1, 1986
- BETOS
- O1D
- 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 J9230
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If J9230 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
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- J9223Injection, lurbinectedin, 0.1 mg
- J9225Histrelin implant (vantas), 50 mg
- J9226Histrelin implant (supprelin la), 50 mg
- J9227Injection, isatuximab-irfc, 10 mg
- J9228Injection, ipilimumab, 1 mg
- J9229Injection, inotuzumab ozogamicin, 0.1 mg
- J9232Injection, docetaxel (hospira), not therapeutically equivalent to j9171, 1 mg
- J9245Injection, melphalan hydrochloride, not otherwise specified, 50 mg
- J9246Injection, melphalan (evomela), 1 mg
- J9247Injection, melphalan flufenamide, 1mgterminated
- J9248Injection, melphalan (hepzato), 1 mg
- J9249Injection, melphalan (apotex), 1 mg
- J9250Methotrexate sodium, 5 mgterminated
- J9255Injection, methotrexate (accord), not therapeutically equivalent to j9260, 50 mg
Questions about J9230
What is HCPCS code J9230?
J9230 is a HCPCS Level II code for injection, mechlorethamine hydrochloride, (nitrogen mustard), 10 mg. It sits in the Drugs Administered Other Than Oral Method section.
Does Medicare cover J9230?
The CMS HCPCS file marks J9230 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 J9230 paid under the physician fee schedule?
J9230 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).