Meperidine Hydrochloride NDC 42806-050

NDC codes

FDA NDC Directory

Product NDC (as listed)42806-050Labeler and product segments. Claims need a package NDC.

Product NDC at billing width42806-0050Add 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
42806-050-01	42806005001	100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (42806-050-01)Marketed from May 5, 2011
42806-050-30	42806005030	30 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (42806-050-30)Marketed from Jan 1, 2020

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): Meperidine Hydrochloride
Generic name (nonproprietary): meperidine hydrochloride
Active ingredients: Meperidine hydrochloride — 50 mg/1
Dosage form: Tablet
Route: Oral
Labeler: EPIC PHARMA, LLC
Product type: Prescription drug
Marketing category: ANDA — Abbreviated New Drug Application (generic)Application ANDA 040331
Marketing start: May 5, 2011
Listing expires: Dec 31, 2026
DEA schedule: CII
Other FDA classes: Full Opioid Agonists (Mechanism)
Identifiers: Product ID 42806-050_a2109eab-1e10-4549-adee-0700efae6f3cSPL ID a2109eab-1e10-4549-adee-0700efae6f3cSPL set ID fae5cc34-5917-4445-9516-25f97ffca8dbRxCUI 861455, 861467UNII N8E7F7Q170
Pharmacologic class: Opioid Agonist

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

N442806005001 followed by a unit qualifier and the quantity

Package 42806-0050-01. 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 Nov 29, 2025. This label includes a boxed warning.

Indications (excerpt from the label)

Meperidine hydrochloride tablets are indicated for the management of acute pain severe enough to require an opioid analgesic and for which alternative treatments are inadequate. Limitations of Use Because of the risks of addiction, abuse, misuse, overdose, and death, which can occur at any dosage or duration and persist over the course of therapy [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2) ], reserve opioid analgesics, including meperidine hydrochloride tablets for use in patients for whom alternative treatment options are ineffective, not tolerated, or would be otherwise inadequate to provide sufficient management of pain. Meperidine hydrochloride tablets should not be used for treatment of chronic…

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Other NDCs under ANDA 040331

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

FDA NDC Directory listings under ANDA 040331
Product	Strength	Form · route	Labeler	Product NDC
Meperidine Hydrochloride	Meperidine hydrochloride 100 mg/1	TabletOral	EPIC PHARMA, LLC	42806-051