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HCPCS Code for Injection, epoetin alfa-epbx, biosimilar, (retacrit) (for non-esrd use), 1000 units Q5106

HCPCS code Q5106 for Injection, epoetin alfa-epbx, biosimilar, (retacrit) (for non-esrd use), 1000 units as maintained by CMS falls under Anti-Inflammatory Medication and Chemotherapy Medication.

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Injection, epoetin alfa-epbx, biosimilar, (retacrit) (for non-esrd use), 1000 units

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Retacrit Q5106 for Chemotherapy Induced Anemia
Patient presents to our outpatient clinical with an order to receive Retacrit due to chemotherapy induced anemia. We are billing this to our MAC with the EA modifier, Value code 48, D64.81 and the c... [ Read More ]
Retacrit dosage and denial of payment
You can bill Q5106 in 2 lines, 60 units in one line and 20 units in other line. (MUE is 60)... [ Read More ]
Retacrit dosage and denial of payment
I work in a hospital based outpatient oncology department. I work with the facility portion of patient accounts. I have a physician who prescribes 80,000 units of Retacrit Q5106 every week for a pat... [ Read More ]
Procedure code Q5106-EC
Our office is billing J0885-EC Procrit and we are thinking of switching to Q5106-EC Retacrit My question is do we bill the same way as we do for Procrit just have a different Procedure code? The Mod ... [ Read More ]
Retacrit payment - Outpatient hospital facility mds q5106 retacrit
I work in a Oncology/Hematology department that is in a outpatient hospital facility. Our hospital system changed formulary from Procrit J0885 to Retacrit (bio-similar) Q5106 at the start of 2019. W... [ Read More ]
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