NDC codes

FDA NDC Directory
Product NDC (as listed)42858-839Labeler and product segments. Claims need a package NDC.
Product NDC at billing width42858-0839Add the package segment from the table below.
Package NDCs as listed with the FDA, and the 11-digit 5-4-2 form used on claims. The highlighted digit is the added leading zero.
Package NDC11-digit (billing)PackageCopy
42858-839-40428580839404 POUCH in 1 CARTON (42858-839-40) / 1 PATCH in 1 POUCH / 168 h in 1 PATCHMarketed from Jul 5, 2017

How the 11-digit form is made: The product segment has 3 digits, so one leading zero is added to it (5-3-2 → 5-4-2). Formatting the NDC does not by itself make it billable — the product, package and quantity must match what was dispensed or administered, and payer rules apply. Conversion rules

Product information

Brand name (proprietary)
Buprenorphine
Generic name (nonproprietary)
buprenorphine
Active ingredients
Buprenorphine20 ug/h
Dosage form
Patch
Route
Transdermal
Product type
Prescription drug
Marketing category
NDA authorized genericApplication NDA 021306
Marketing start
Listing expires
DEA schedule
CIII
Other FDA classes
Partial Opioid Agonists (Mechanism)
Identifiers
Product ID 42858-839_424dfded-f6e0-4640-a8d4-bd4bf75b138bSPL ID 424dfded-f6e0-4640-a8d4-bd4bf75b138bSPL set ID 2738feae-316e-426f-971c-5f142ac01b60RxCUI 904870, 904876, 904880, 1432969, 1542997UNII 40D3SCR4GZ
Pharmacologic class
Partial Opioid Agonist

Billing references

What Med-Code can say about coding this product, and where each statement comes from. Nothing here is inferred from the name alone.

HCPCS codeNo match

No HCPCS code in Med-Code's directory. Transdermal products like this are usually dispensed by a pharmacy and billed by NDC.

NDC on a medical claim

N442858083940 followed by a unit qualifier and the quantity

Package 42858-0839-40. Unit qualifiers: F2 (international unit), GR (gram), ME (milligram), ML (milliliter), UN (unit (each)). The qualifier and quantity depend on what was given. About the N4 qualifier

Product label

Current FDA label (SPL), effective . This label includes a boxed warning.

Indications (excerpt from the label)

Buprenorphine transdermal system is indicated for the management of severe and persistent pain that requires an opioid analgesic and that cannot be adequately treated with alternative options, including immediate-release opioids. Limitations of Use Because of the risks of addiction, abuse, misuse, overdose, and death, which can occur at any dosage or duration and persist over the course of therapy [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1) ] , reserve opioid analgesics, including buprenorphine transdermal system, for use in patients for whom alternative treatment options are ineffective, not tolerated, or would be otherwise inadequate to provide sufficient management of pain. Buprenorphine transder

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Other NDCs under NDA 021306

Products listed under the same FDA application: other strengths and forms, and repackagers who relabel the same product.

FDA NDC Directory listings under NDA 021306
ProductStrengthForm · routeLabelerProduct NDC
ButransbuprenorphineBuprenorphine 20 ug/hPatch, Extended releaseTransdermalKnoa Pharma LLC59011-752
ButransbuprenorphineBuprenorphine 5 ug/hPatch, Extended releaseTransdermalKnoa Pharma LLC59011-750
ButransbuprenorphineBuprenorphine 10 ug/hPatch, Extended releaseTransdermalKnoa Pharma LLC59011-751
ButransbuprenorphineBuprenorphine 7.5 ug/hPatch, Extended releaseTransdermalKnoa Pharma LLC59011-757
ButransbuprenorphineBuprenorphine 15 ug/hPatch, Extended releaseTransdermalKnoa Pharma LLC59011-758
BuprenorphineBuprenorphine 7.5 ug/hPatchTransdermalRhodes Pharmaceuticals LLC42858-353
BuprenorphineBuprenorphine 10 ug/hPatchTransdermalRhodes Pharmaceuticals LLC42858-493
BuprenorphineBuprenorphine 15 ug/hPatchTransdermalRhodes Pharmaceuticals LLC42858-586
BuprenorphineBuprenorphine 5 ug/hPatchTransdermalRhodes Pharmaceuticals LLC42858-750

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