A preoperative patient needs to have an antibiotic started before his operation. He is given 500 mg Ceftriaxone sodium through his IV. What is the correct HCPCS code for this medication?

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J0696 x 2 is the correct code because this code is for Ceftriaxone sodium 250 mg. Because this patient received two times this amount of medication, this code needs to reflect this multiplication.
Code J0715 is incorrect because this code is for 500 mg Ceftizoxime sodium. J0696 is incorrect unless doubled, because this code is only for 250 mg of Ceftriaxone sodium. Code J0697 is incorrect because this code is for 750 mg Cefuroxime sodium. All of these codes can be used for IM or IV administration.

A Preoperative Patient Needs to Have an Antibiotic Started Before