HCPCS code J3424: Hydroxocobalamin injection, intravenous, per 25 mg2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Mexico

CMS doesn’t publish a rate for J3424 in New Mexico.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What J3424 covers

J3424 identifies hydroxocobalamin given intravenously, most notably as an antidote when cyanide poisoning is suspected. Emergency clinicians may administer it in an office-based emergency setting or hospital while treating a potentially life-threatening exposure. This high-dose intravenous use is distinct from hydroxocobalamin injections used for vitamin B12 replacement, which are generally given by a different route and billed under a different code.

Each billing unit represents 25 mg of hydroxocobalamin; divide the administered dose in milligrams by 25 to determine the units. CMS excludes this code from the physician fee schedule under status E. When Medicare covers the drug, payment is under another payment method; the HCPCS pricing method identifies it as a Part B drug generally priced from CMS quarterly ASP files. Coverage is left to the Medicare contractor’s judgment.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How New Mexico compares for J3424

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J3424 rates by state

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How the J3424 rate is calculated

Each of J3424’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for J3424

J3424 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.

Codes related to J3424

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How J3424 has changed in New Mexico

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Where the New Mexico rate applies

New Mexico is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 528 cities and communities in New Mexico. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abeytas
• Abiquiu
• Acomita Lake
• Adelino
• Agua Fria
• Alamillo
• Alamo
• Alamogordo

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

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