OAR 410-121-0280: Billing Quantities, Metric Quantities and Package Sizes

(1) Use the actual metric quantity dispensed when billing (up to four decimal places). (2) Use the following units when billing products: (a) Solid substances (e.g., powders, creams, ointments, etc.), bill per Gram; (b) Solid substances that are reconstituted with a liquid (e.g., dry powder ampules and vials) such as antibiotic vials or piggybacks must be billed in metric quantity of one each; (c) Tablets, capsules, suppositories, lozenges, packets; bill per each unit. Oral contraceptives are to be billed per each tablet; (d) Injectables that are prepackaged syringe — (e.g., tubex, carpujects), bill per ml.; (e) Prepackaged medications and unit doses must be billed per unit (tablet or capsule). Unit dose liquids are to be billed by ml.; (f) Fractional units: Bill exact metric decimal quantities dispensed.