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HCPCS Details
| HCPC | S0108 |
| Short Description | Mercaptopurine 50 mg |
| Long Description | Mercaptopurine, oral, 50 mg |
| Pricing indicator | 00 |
| Coverage code | I |
| ASC payment group code | |
| BETOS2 code | Z2 |
| Action code | N |
| Type of service | 9 |
| Effective date | 2002-04-01 |
| Date Added | 2002-04-01 |
Drug Details
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Mercaptopurine is used alone or with other chemotherapy drugs to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL; also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute lymphatic leukemia; a type of cancer that begins in the white blood cells). Mercaptopurine is in a class of medications called purine antagonists. It works by stopping the growth of cancer cells.