## **What is the HCPCS code J3032 for?**
The J3032 HCPCS code for injection, eptinezumab-jjmr, 1 mg is the code you use to bill a 1 mg eptinezumab-jjmr injection that was administered to a patient whose health records show they are dealing with migraine attacks (especially if they're recurring ones). Healthcare providers use this type of medication as one of their preventive treatments for migraines, and this medication is given via intravenous infusion.
The benefit of using this medication is the reduction of migraine attack frequencies. It also reduces the severity of these attacks, so even if they do occur, patients won't have to deal with intense pain. How this medication does this is that it aims to neutralize the protein that's associated with the emergence of migraines.
Before this injection medication is used, healthcare providers and patients should try other migraine-related medications. This is a kind of medication that's used when patients don't respond well to other treatments that have been provided.
## **Documentation requirements for J3032**
Claims submitted with J3032 as part of it require the following documentation from healthcare providers:
- The full name of the personnel who administered the injection + their credentials
- The name and address of the facility where the injection was administered
- The full name of the patient
- The date and time of the drug administration by injection (IV)
- Patient records showing they have been diagnosed with migraines
- Patient records showing they have had recurring migraine attacks
- Results showing that other medication hasn't worked to curb the migraines
- The exact dosage of eptinezumab-jjmr
## **Billing requirements for J3032**
Besides the documentation requirements above, please note the following billing requirements for J3032:
- They must reflect the dosage given over the course of the treatment.
- Use either of the two modifiers: JW if there's unused medication in the IV container (wastage), or JZ if there's no unused medication. This is mandated by the CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
## **Other similar codes**
- J1930 - Injection, Lanreotide, 1 mg
- J3095 - Injection, telavancin, 10 mg
- J2506 - Injection, pegfilgrastim, excludes biosimilar, 0.5 mg
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