Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established a new permanent J-code for Andexxa® [coagulation factor Xa (recombinant), inactivated-zhzo] facilitating reimbursement in the hospital outpatient setting. The code, J7169 (Injection, coagulation factor Xa (recombinant), inactivated-zhzo (Andexxa), 10 mg), published online in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Application Summaries and Coding Decisions (page 41), will take effect on July 1, 2020 and it is expected to replace the previously issued temporary C-code. With the J-code taking effect in July, all hospital outpatient departments and freestanding emergency facilities in the United States will have one consistent HCPCS code to standardize the submission and payment of Andexxa insurance claims across Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and commercial plans. The reimbursement rate under the J-code is expected to mirror the calculation under the current C-code.