NDC codes

FDA NDC Directory
Product NDC (as listed)72162-2045Labeler and product segments. Claims need a package NDC.
Product NDC at billing width72162-2045Add 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
72162-2045-172162204501100 CAPSULE in 1 BOTTLE (72162-2045-1)Marketed from Jun 14, 2023

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)
Dantrolene Sodium
Generic name (nonproprietary)
dantrolene sodium
Active ingredients
Dantrolene sodium — 25 mg/1
Dosage form
Capsule
Route
Oral
Product type
Prescription drug
Marketing category
ANDA — Abbreviated New Drug Application (generic)Application ANDA 076686
Marketing start
Listing expires
Other FDA classes
Decreased Striated Muscle Contraction (Physiologic effect)Decreased Striated Muscle Tone (Physiologic effect)
Identifiers
Product ID 72162-2045_57a49e45-2998-4eda-9eac-fe843ceeb892SPL ID 57a49e45-2998-4eda-9eac-fe843ceeb892SPL set ID dbf78d48-71a6-4a9b-bf31-e710b78944f2RxCUI 856656UNII 287M0347EV
Pharmacologic class
Skeletal Muscle Relaxant

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

N472162204501 followed by a unit qualifier and the quantity

Package 72162-2045-01. 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 In Chronic Spasticity Dantrolene sodium capsules are indicated in controlling the manifestations of clinical spasticity resulting from upper motor neuron disorders (e.g., spinal cord injury, stroke, cerebral palsy, or multiple sclerosis). It is of particular benefit to the patient whose functional rehabilitation has been retarded by the sequelae of spasticity. Such patients must have presumably reversible spasticity where relief of spasticity will aid in restoring residual function. Dantrolene sodium capsules is not indicated in the treatment of skeletal muscle spasm resulting from rheumatic disorders. If improvement occurs, it will ordinarily occur within the dosage ti…

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Other NDCs under ANDA 076686

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

FDA NDC Directory listings under ANDA 076686
ProductStrengthForm · routeLabelerProduct NDC
Dantrolene SodiumDantrolene sodium 25 mg/1CapsuleOralElite Laboratories, Inc.64850-840
Dantrolene SodiumDantrolene sodium 50 mg/1CapsuleOralElite Laboratories, Inc.64850-841
Dantrolene SodiumDantrolene sodium 100 mg/1CapsuleOralElite Laboratories, Inc.64850-842
Dantrolene SodiumDantrolene sodium 100 mg/1CapsuleOralBryant Ranch Prepack72162-2047
Dantrolene SodiumDantrolene sodium 50 mg/1CapsuleOralBryant Ranch Prepack72162-2046

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