July 22, 2015
New NOC Code for Compounded Drugs
As a result of Change Request (CR) 9167
, effective for claims with dates of service on and after July 1, 2015, claims for compounded drugs must be submitted using the new compounded drug not otherwise classified (NOC) HCPCS code Q9977.
Using HCPCS code Q9977 is intended to distinguish compounded drugs (which may include biologicals) from the other drug NOC codes listed above.
The same claim submission instructions noted above apply to HCPCS code Q9977.

