NDC codes

FDA NDC Directory
Product NDC (as listed)71288-206Labeler and product segments. Claims need a package NDC.
Product NDC at billing width71288-0206Add 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
71288-206-027128802060210 VIAL, SINGLE-USE in 1 CARTON (71288-206-02) / 1 mL in 1 VIAL, SINGLE-USE (71288-206-01)Marketed from Sep 15, 2024

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)
Alprostadil
Generic name (nonproprietary)
alprostadil
Active ingredients
Alprostadil — 500 ug/mL
Dosage form
Injection, Solution, Concentrate
Route
Intravascular
Product type
Prescription drug
Marketing category
ANDA — Abbreviated New Drug Application (generic)Application ANDA 075196
Marketing start
Listing expires
Other FDA classes
Genitourinary Arterial Vasodilation (Physiologic effect)Prostaglandin Receptor Agonists (Mechanism)Prostaglandins (Chemical structure)Venous Vasodilation (Physiologic effect)
Identifiers
Product ID 71288-206_7e1975e8-b348-400d-a3aa-9a3ac1cba3b0SPL ID 7e1975e8-b348-400d-a3aa-9a3ac1cba3b0SPL set ID 35d229e1-6947-435c-bf54-bfa09cca7e53RxCUI 237212UNII F5TD010360
Pharmacologic class
Prostaglandin Analog; Prostaglandin E1 Agonist

Billing references

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HCPCS codeNo match

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NDC on a medical claim

N471288020602 followed by a unit qualifier and the quantity

Package 71288-0206-02. 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 AND USAGE Alprostadil injection, USP is indicated for palliative, not definitive, therapy to temporarily maintain the patency of the ductus arteriosus until corrective or palliative surgery can be performed in neonates who have congenital heart defects and who depend upon the patent ductus for survival. Such congenital heart defects include pulmonary atresia, pulmonary stenosis, tricuspid atresia, tetralogy of Fallot, interruption of the aortic arch, coarctation of the aorta, or transposition of the great vessels with or without other defects. In infants with restricted pulmonary blood flow, the increase in blood oxygenation is inversely proportional to pretreatment pO 2 values; …

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