HCPCS Code J3489

Official Description

Injection, zoledronic acid, 1 mg

Short Descr	Zoledronic acid 1mg
Related Drugs	Reclast
Coverage	Carrier Priced
Pricing Indicator(s)	51 – Drugs
MPI	A – Not applicable, as HCPCS priced under one methodology
BETOS	O1E – Other drugs
TOS Code(s)	1 – Medical care
Added Date	1/1/2014
Status Code	Excluded from Physician Fee Schedule by Regulation
Global Days	XXX - Global Concept Does Not Apply
PC/TC Indicator (26, TC)	9 - Not Applicable
Multiple Procedures (51)	9 - Concept does not apply.
Bilateral Surgery (50)	9 - Concept does not apply.
Physician Supervisions	09 - Concept does not apply.
Assistant Surgeon (80, 82)	9 - Concept does not apply.
Co-Surgeons (62)	9 - Concept does not apply.
Team Surgery (66)	9 - Concept does not apply.
Diagnostic Imaging Family	99 - Concept Does Not Apply
APC Status Indicator	Items and Services Packaged into APC Rates
ASC Payment Indicator	Packaged service/item; no separate payment made.
MUE	5
MUE	0
OTS Orthotic	No

JZ	Zero drug amount discarded/not administered to any patient
JW	Drug amount discarded/not administered to any patient
Q1	Routine clinical service provided in a clinical research study that is in an approved clinical research study
GA	Waiver of liability statement issued as required by payer policy, individual case
JA	Administered intravenously
X2	Continuous/focused services: for reporting services by clinicians whose expertise is needed for the ongoing management of a chronic disease or a condition that needs to be managed and followed with no planned endpoint to the relationship; reporting clinician service examples include but are not limited to: a rheumatologist taking care of the patient's rheumatoid arthritis longitudinally but not providing general primary care services
KX	Requirements specified in the medical policy have been met
EJ	Subsequent claims for a defined course of therapy, e.g., epo, sodium hyaluronate, infliximab
59	Distinct procedural service: under certain circumstances, it may be necessary to indicate that a procedure or service was distinct or independent from other non-e/m services performed on the same day. modifier 59 is used to identify procedures/services, other than e/m services, that are not normally reported together, but are appropriate under the circumstances. documentation must support a different session, different procedure or surgery, different site or organ system, separate incision/excision, separate lesion, or separate injury (or area of injury in extensive injuries) not ordinarily encountered or performed on the same day by the same individual. however, when another already established modifier is appropriate it should be used rather than modifier 59. only if no more descriptive modifier is available, and the use of modifier 59 best explains the circumstances, should modifier 59 be used. note: modifier 59 should not be appended to an e/m service. to report a separate and distinct e/m service with a non-e/m service performed on the same date, see modifier 25.
Q6	Service furnished under a fee-for-time compensation arrangement by a substitute physician or by a substitute physical therapist furnishing outpatient physical therapy services in a health professional shortage area, a medically underserved area, or a rural area
76	Repeat procedure or service by same physician or other qualified health care professional: it may be necessary to indicate that a procedure or service was repeated by the same physician or other qualified health care professional subsequent to the original procedure or service. this circumstance may be reported by adding modifier 76 to the repeated procedure or service. note: this modifier should not be appended to an e/m service.
GW	Service not related to the hospice patient's terminal condition
AQ	Physician providing a service in an unlisted health professional shortage area (hpsa)
UD	Medicaid level of care 13, as defined by each state
CR	Catastrophe/disaster related
GV	Attending physician not employed or paid under arrangement by the patient's hospice provider
GY	Item or service statutorily excluded, does not meet the definition of any medicare benefit or, for non-medicare insurers, is not a contract benefit
JG	Drug or biological acquired with 340b drug pricing program discount, reported for informational purposes
TB	Drug or biological acquired with 340b drug pricing program discount, reported for informational purposes
JB	Administered subcutaneously
KW	Dmepos item subject to dmepos competitive bidding program number 4
Q0	Investigational clinical service provided in a clinical research study that is in an approved clinical research study
Q5	Service furnished under a reciprocal billing arrangement by a substitute physician or by a substitute physical therapist furnishing outpatient physical therapy services in a health professional shortage area, a medically underserved area, or a rural area
SA	Nurse practitioner rendering service in collaboration with a physician
CC	Procedure code change (use 'cc' when the procedure code submitted was changed either for administrative reasons or because an incorrect code was filed)
GX	Notice of liability issued, voluntary under payer policy
GZ	Item or service expected to be denied as not reasonable and necessary
KP	First drug of a multiple drug unit dose formulation
KQ	Second or subsequent drug of a multiple drug unit dose formulation
PD	Diagnostic or related non diagnostic item or service provided in a wholly owned or operated entity to a patient who is admitted as an inpatient within 3 days
RT	Right side (used to identify procedures performed on the right side of the body)
XU	Unusual non-overlapping service, the use of a service that is distinct because it does not overlap usual components of the main service