Nifedipine NDC 24979-009

NDC codes

FDA NDC Directory

Product NDC (as listed)24979-009Labeler and product segments. Claims need a package NDC.

Product NDC at billing width24979-0009Add 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 NDC	11-digit (billing)	Package	Copy
24979-009-12	24979000912	300 TABLET, EXTENDED RELEASE in 1 BOTTLE (24979-009-12)Marketed from May 15, 2015

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): Nifedipine
Generic name (nonproprietary): nifedipine
Active ingredients: Nifedipine — 90 mg/1
Dosage form: Tablet, Extended release
Route: Oral
Labeler: Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC
Product type: Prescription drug
Marketing category: ANDA — Abbreviated New Drug Application (generic)Application ANDA 203126
Marketing start: Nov 1, 2014
Listing expires: Dec 31, 2027
Other FDA classes: Calcium Channel Antagonists (Mechanism)Dihydropyridines (Chemical structure)
Identifiers: Product ID 24979-009_58c4c95e-4db0-47e2-afb9-36472e6fcefcSPL ID 58c4c95e-4db0-47e2-afb9-36472e6fcefcSPL set ID 160271a8-7922-2107-e054-00144ff88e88RxCUI 1812011, 1812013, 1812015UNII I9ZF7L6G2L
Pharmacologic class: Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker

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

NDC on a medical claim

N424979000912 followed by a unit qualifier and the quantity

Package 24979-0009-12. 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

Label details couldn’t be retrieved right now. Open the label on DailyMed.