NDC codes

FDA NDC Directory
Product NDC (as listed)63187-608Labeler and product segments. Claims need a package NDC.
Product NDC at billing width63187-0608Add 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
63187-608-35631870608351 TUBE in 1 CARTON (63187-608-35) / 3.5 g in 1 TUBEMarketed from Dec 1, 2018

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)
Erythromycin
Generic name (nonproprietary)
erythromycin
Active ingredients
Erythromycin5 mg/g
Dosage form
Ointment
Route
Ophthalmic
Product type
Prescription drug
Marketing category
ANDA — Abbreviated New Drug Application (generic)Application ANDA 064067
Marketing start
Listing expires
Other FDA classes
Decreased Sebaceous Gland Activity (Physiologic effect)Macrolides (Chemical structure)
Identifiers
Product ID 63187-608_bb8e6b6b-70fd-48b7-b43d-23180531dc9fSPL ID bb8e6b6b-70fd-48b7-b43d-23180531dc9fSPL set ID 5101bf55-cacf-42bf-8dd1-2a29e80ca6f1RxCUI 310149UNII 63937KV33DUPC 0363187608354
Pharmacologic class
Macrolide Antimicrobial; Macrolide

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. Ophthalmic products like this are usually dispensed by a pharmacy and billed by NDC.

NDC on a medical claim

N463187060835 followed by a unit qualifier and the quantity

Package 63187-0608-35. 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 .

Indications (excerpt from the label)

INDICATIONS AND USAGE For the treatment of superficial ocular infections involving the conjunctiva and/or cornea caused by organisms susceptible to erythromycin. For prophylaxis of ophthalmia neonatorum due to N. gonorrhoeae or C. trachomatis . The effectiveness of erythromycin in the prevention of ophthalmia caused by penicillinase-producing N. gonorrhoeae is not established. For infants born to mothers with clinically apparent gonorrhea, intravenous or intramuscular injections of aqueous crystalline penicillin G should be given; a single dose of 50,000 units for term infants or 20,000 units for infants of low birth weight. Topical prophylaxis alone is inadequate for these infants.

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Other NDCs under ANDA 064067

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

FDA NDC Directory listings under ANDA 064067
ProductStrengthForm · routeLabelerProduct NDC
ErythromycinErythromycin 5 mg/gOintmentOphthalmicREMEDYREPACK INC.70518-0465
ErythromycinErythromycin 5 mg/gOintmentOphthalmicSportpharm LLC85766-248
ErythromycinErythromycin 5 mg/gOintmentOphthalmicNuCare Pharmaceuticals,Inc.66267-975
ErythromycinErythromycin 5 mg/gOintmentOphthalmicDirect Rx61919-090
ErythromycinErythromycin 5 mg/gOintmentOphthalmicBausch & Lomb Incorporated24208-910
ErythromycinErythromycin 5 mg/gOintmentOphthalmicPreferred Pharmaceuticals, Inc.68788-9328
ErythromycinErythromycin 5 mg/gOintmentOphthalmicA-S Medication Solutions50090-1484
ErythromycinErythromycin 5 mg/gOintmentOphthalmicNuCare Pharmaceuticals,Inc.68071-4228
ErythromycinErythromycin 5 mg/gOintmentOphthalmicAsclemed USA, Inc.76420-196
ErythromycinErythromycin 5 mg/gOintmentOphthalmicCardinal Health 107, LLC55154-7850

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