NDC codes

FDA NDC Directory
Product NDC (as listed)68788-7210Labeler and product segments. Claims need a package NDC.
Product NDC at billing width68788-7210Add 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
68788-7210-168788721001100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (68788-7210-1)Marketed from Aug 6, 2018
68788-7210-26878872100220 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (68788-7210-2)Marketed from Aug 6, 2018
68788-7210-36878872100330 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (68788-7210-3)Marketed from Aug 6, 2018
68788-7210-66878872100660 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (68788-7210-6)Marketed from Aug 6, 2018
68788-7210-86878872100828 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (68788-7210-8)Marketed from Aug 6, 2018
68788-7210-96878872100990 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (68788-7210-9)Marketed from Aug 6, 2018

How the 11-digit form is made: The package segment has 1 digit, so one leading zero is added to it (5-4-1 → 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)
Carbamazepine
Generic name (nonproprietary)
carbamazepine
Active ingredients
Carbamazepine — 200 mg/1
Dosage form
Tablet
Route
Oral
Product type
Prescription drug
Marketing category
ANDA — Abbreviated New Drug Application (generic)Application ANDA 075948
Marketing start
Listing expires
Other FDA classes
Cytochrome P450 1A2 Inducers (Mechanism)Cytochrome P450 2B6 Inducers (Mechanism)Cytochrome P450 2C19 Inducers (Mechanism)Cytochrome P450 2C9 Inducers (Mechanism)Cytochrome P450 3A4 Inducers (Mechanism)Decreased Central Nervous System Disorganized Electrical Activity (Physiologic effect)
Identifiers
Product ID 68788-7210_fc6363d3-830f-49b8-8aea-e34f47ead0d1SPL ID fc6363d3-830f-49b8-8aea-e34f47ead0d1SPL set ID 32dc301e-881d-47b0-ad16-f9ff31d19324RxCUI 308979UNII 33CM23913M
Pharmacologic class
Mood Stabilizer

Billing references

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HCPCS codeNo match

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

NDC on a medical claim

N468788721001 followed by a unit qualifier and the quantity

Package 68788-7210-01. 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)

INDICATIONS AND USAGE Epilepsy Carbamazepine tablets are indicated for use as an anticonvulsant drug. Evidence supporting efficacy of carbamazepine as an anticonvulsant was derived from active drug-controlled studies that enrolled patients with the following seizure types: 1. Partial seizures with complex symptomatology (psychomotor, temporal lobe). Patients with these seizures appear to show greater improvement than those with other types. 2. Generalized tonic-clonic seizures (grand mal). 3. Mixed seizure patterns which include the above, or other partial or generalized seizures. Absence seizures (petit mal) do not appear to be controlled by carbamazepine (see PRECAUTIONS , General ). Trige…

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