NDC codes

FDA NDC Directory
Product NDC (as listed)72888-047Labeler and product segments. Claims need a package NDC.
Product NDC at billing width72888-0047Add 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
72888-047-0172888004701100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (72888-047-01)Marketed from Aug 19, 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)
Acetazolamide
Generic name (nonproprietary)
acetazolamide
Active ingredients
Acetazolamide — 125 mg/1
Dosage form
Tablet
Route
Oral
Product type
Prescription drug
Marketing category
ANDA — Abbreviated New Drug Application (generic)Application ANDA 215101
Marketing start
Listing expires
Other FDA classes
Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Mechanism)Sulfonamides (Chemical structure)
Identifiers
Product ID 72888-047_436010eb-a8b0-b2ef-e063-6394a90afeddSPL ID 436010eb-a8b0-b2ef-e063-6394a90afeddSPL set ID c24d31f0-a556-4e53-97a9-4e05e28ca40fRxCUI 197303, 197304UNII O3FX965V0IUPC 0372888047010, 0372888048017
Pharmacologic class
Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor

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

N472888004701 followed by a unit qualifier and the quantity

Package 72888-0047-01. 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 For adjunctive treatment of: edema due to congestive heart failure; drug-induced edema; centrencephalic epilepsies (petit mal, unlocalized seizures); chronic simple (open-angle) glaucoma, secondary glaucoma, and preoperatively in acute angle-closure glaucoma where delay of surgery is desired in order to lower intraocular pressure. Acetazolamide tablets are also indicated for the prevention or amelioration of symptoms associated with acute mountain sickness in climbers attempting rapid ascent and in those who are very susceptible to acute mountain sickness despite gradual ascent.

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Other NDCs under ANDA 215101

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

FDA NDC Directory listings under ANDA 215101
ProductStrengthForm · routeLabelerProduct NDC
AcetazolamideAcetazolamide 250 mg/1TabletOralAdvagen Pharma Ltd72888-048
AcetazolamideAcetazolamide 250 mg/1TabletOralBryant Ranch Prepack71335-2215
AcetazolamideAcetazolamide 125 mg/1TabletOralNuCare Pharmaceuticals,Inc.68071-3550

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