NDC codes

FDA NDC Directory
Product NDC (as listed)70748-153Labeler and product segments. Claims need a package NDC.
Product NDC at billing width70748-0153Add 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
70748-153-0170748015301100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (70748-153-01)Marketed from Mar 1, 2021

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)
Penicillamine
Generic name (nonproprietary)
penicillamine
Active ingredients
Penicillamine — 250 mg/1
Dosage form
Tablet
Route
Oral
Product type
Prescription drug
Marketing category
ANDA — Abbreviated New Drug Application (generic)Application ANDA 212933
Marketing start
Listing expires
Identifiers
Product ID 70748-153_99f3ca78-1663-47a1-9ed3-9c4eaa9f0271SPL ID 99f3ca78-1663-47a1-9ed3-9c4eaa9f0271SPL set ID f6ecaf47-902f-4378-b524-7a88f20ba138RxCUI 198071UNII GNN1DV99GXUPC 0370748153017
Pharmacologic class
Antirheumatic Agent

Billing references

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HCPCS codeNo match

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NDC on a medical claim

N470748015301 followed by a unit qualifier and the quantity

Package 70748-0153-01. 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 Penicillamine tablets are indicated in the treatment of Wilson's disease, cystinuria, and in patients with severe, active rheumatoid arthritis who have failed to respond to an adequate trial of conventional therapy. Available evidence suggests that penicillamine tablets are not of value in ankylosing spondylitis. Wilson’s Disease Wilson's disease (hepatolenticular degeneration) results from the interaction of an inherited defect and an abnormality in copper metabolism. The metabolic defect, which is the consequence of the autosomal inheritance of one abnormal gene from each parent, manifests itself in a greater positive copper balance than normal. As a result, copper is deposited…

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