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HCPCS Details
HCPC | Q2017 |
Short Description | Teniposide, 50 mg |
Long Description | Injection, teniposide, 50 mg |
Pricing indicator | 51 |
Coverage code | D |
ASC payment group code | |
BETOS2 code | O1D |
Action code | N |
Type of service | 1 |
Effective date | 2023-01-01 |
Date Added | 2000-07-01 |
Drug Details
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Teniposide is used with other chemotherapy drugs to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL; a type of cancer of the white blood cells) in children that has not improved or that has worsened after treatment with other medications. Teniposide is in a class of medications known as podophyllotoxin derivatives. It works by slowing or stopping the growth of cancer cells in your body.