NDC codes

FDA NDC Directory
Product NDC (as listed)72162-1978Labeler and product segments. Claims need a package NDC.
Product NDC at billing width72162-1978Add 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
72162-1978-172162197801100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (72162-1978-1)Marketed from Mar 23, 2026

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)
Acetazolamide
Generic name (nonproprietary)
acetazolamide
Active ingredients
Acetazolamide — 125 mg/1
Dosage form
Tablet
Route
Oral
Product type
Prescription drug
Marketing category
ANDA — Abbreviated New Drug Application (generic)Application ANDA 214282
Marketing start
Listing expires
Other FDA classes
Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Mechanism)Sulfonamides (Chemical structure)
Identifiers
Product ID 72162-1978_4c755f82-ae4d-4182-b916-48a6128299fdSPL ID 4c755f82-ae4d-4182-b916-48a6128299fdSPL set ID 9af15152-d46f-4bc3-a16e-b70a472bc52aRxCUI 197303UNII O3FX965V0I
Pharmacologic class
Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor

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

N472162197801 followed by a unit qualifier and the quantity

Package 72162-1978-01. 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 .

Indications (excerpt from the label)

INDICATIONS AND USAGE For adjunctive treatment of: edema due to congestive heart failure; drug-induced edema; centrencephalic epilepsies (petit mal, unlocalized seizures); chronic simple (open-angle) glaucoma, secondary glaucoma, and preoperatively in acute angle-closure glaucoma where delay of surgery is desired in order to lower intraocular pressure. Acetazolamide tablets are also indicated for the prevention or amelioration of symptoms associated with acute mountain sickness in climbers attempting rapid ascent and in those who are very susceptible to acute mountain sickness despite gradual ascent.

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Other NDCs under ANDA 214282

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

FDA NDC Directory listings under ANDA 214282
ProductStrengthForm · routeLabelerProduct NDC
AcetazolamideAcetazolamide 125 mg/1TabletOralBryant Ranch Prepack63629-1194
AcetazolamideAcetazolamide 250 mg/1TabletOralBryant Ranch Prepack63629-1195
AcetazolamideAcetazolamide 250 mg/1TabletOralBryant Ranch Prepack72162-1979
AcetazolamideAcetazolamide 125 mg/1TabletOralLifestar Pharma LLC70756-720
AcetazolamideAcetazolamide 250 mg/1TabletOralLifestar Pharma LLC70756-721

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