NDC codes

FDA NDC Directory
Product NDC (as listed)42799-123Labeler and product segments. Claims need a package NDC.
Product NDC at billing width42799-0123Add 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
42799-123-0142799012301100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (42799-123-01)Marketed from Feb 19, 2016

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)
Carbidopa
Generic name (nonproprietary)
carbidopa
Active ingredients
Carbidopa — 25 mg/1
Dosage form
Tablet
Route
Oral
Product type
Prescription drug
Marketing category
ANDA — Abbreviated New Drug Application (generic)Application ANDA 205304
Marketing start
Listing expires
Identifiers
Product ID 42799-123_462dd421-0006-e25d-e063-6294a90ad0efSPL ID 462dd421-0006-e25d-e063-6294a90ad0efSPL set ID 55b99f22-9eb2-4df6-9979-bc4c3af5e454RxCUI 260260UNII MNX7R8C5VOUPC 0342799123011

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

N442799012301 followed by a unit qualifier and the quantity

Package 42799-0123-01. 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 Carbidopa tablets are indicated for use with carbidopa-levodopa or with levodopa in the treatment of the symptoms of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (paralysis agitans), postencephalitic parkinsonism, and symptomatic parkinsonism, which may follow injury to the nervous system by carbon monoxide intoxication and/or manganese intoxication. Carbidopa tablets are for use with carbidopa-levodopa in patients for whom the dosage of carbidopa-levodopa tablets provides less than adequate daily dosage (usually 70 mg daily) of carbidopa. Carbidopa tablets are for use with levodopa in the occasional patient whose dosage requirement of carbidopa-levodopa necessitates separate titrati…

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