NDC codes

FDA NDC Directory
Product NDC (as listed)70518-1556Labeler and product segments. Claims need a package NDC.
Product NDC at billing width70518-1556Add 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
70518-1556-170518155601100 POUCH in 1 BOX (70518-1556-1) / 1 TABLET, EXTENDED RELEASE in 1 POUCH (70518-1556-2)Marketed from Jul 10, 2019
70518-1556-57051815560530 TABLET, EXTENDED RELEASE in 1 BLISTER PACK (70518-1556-5)Marketed from Jun 29, 2024

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)
Divalproex Sodium
Generic name (nonproprietary)
divalproex sodium
Active ingredients
Divalproex sodium — 250 mg/1
Dosage form
Tablet, Extended release
Route
Oral
Product type
Prescription drug
Marketing category
ANDA — Abbreviated New Drug Application (generic)Application ANDA 203730
Marketing start
Listing expires
Other FDA classes
Decreased Central Nervous System Disorganized Electrical Activity (Physiologic effect)
Identifiers
Product ID 70518-1556_561bb473-2cc6-1634-e063-6294a90a2566SPL ID 561bb473-2cc6-1634-e063-6294a90a2566SPL set ID 3b41cd15-9981-4d44-9c4b-e84168d86453RxCUI 1099563UNII 644VL95AO6
Pharmacologic class
Anti-epileptic Agent; Mood Stabilizer

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

N470518155601 followed by a unit qualifier and the quantity

Package 70518-1556-01. 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)

Divalproex sodium extended-release tablets are indicated for: Acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar disorder, with or without psychotic features (1.1). Monotherapy and adjunctive therapy of complex partial seizures and simple and complex absence seizures; adjunctive therapy in patients with multiple seizure types that include absence seizures (1.2). Prophylaxis of migraine headaches (1.3) . 1.1 Mania Divalproex sodium extended-release tablets are a valproate and are indicated for the treatment of acute manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar disorder, with or without psychotic features. A manic episode is a distinct period of abnormally and persistently e…

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Other NDCs under ANDA 203730

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

FDA NDC Directory listings under ANDA 203730
ProductStrengthForm · routeLabelerProduct NDC
Divalproex SodiumDivalproex sodium 500 mg/1Tablet, Extended releaseOralREMEDYREPACK INC.70518-2036
Divalproex SodiumDivalproex sodium 250 mg/1Tablet, Extended releaseOralAmneal Pharmaceuticals LLC65162-755
Divalproex SodiumDivalproex sodium 500 mg/1Tablet, Extended releaseOralAmneal Pharmaceuticals LLC65162-757
Divalproex SodiumDivalproex sodium 500 mg/1Tablet, Extended releaseOralMajor Pharmaceuticals0904-7182
Divalproex SodiumDivalproex sodium 250 mg/1Tablet, Extended releaseOralAvPAK50268-259
Divalproex SodiumDivalproex sodium 500 mg/1Tablet, Extended releaseOralAvPAK50268-260
Divalproex SodiumDivalproex sodium 500 mg/1Tablet, Extended releaseOralCardinal Health 107, LLC55154-2345

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