Mountain State Medical Policy Bulletin

Section: Miscellaneous
Number: Z-63
Topic: Procedure Codes Not Applicable to Commercial Products
Effective Date: July 1, 2008
Issued Date: June 30, 2008
Date Last Reviewed: 06/2008

General Policy Guidelines

Indications and Limitations of Coverage

There are a number of procedure codes that do not apply to commercial products.  These codes are typically, but not always, developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the Medicare Program.  Often, the terminology for these codes is specific to a Medicare demonstration project or is limited to the Medicare Program in some fashion.  (As such, these codes are billable to, and may be covered by, the member's Medicare coverage.)

Unless otherwise specified, these codes are not covered by the Plan under commercial products and should not be billed to our members.  A participating, preferred, or network provider cannot bill the member for these non-covered services under the member's commercial coverage.

Procedure Codes

G0293G0294G0344G8006G8007G8008
G8009G8010G8011G8012G8013G8014
G8015G8016G8017G8018G8019G8020
G8021G8022G8023G8024G8025G8026
G8027G8028G8029G8030G8031G8032
G8033G8034G8035G8036G8037G8038
G8039G8040G8041G8051G8052G8053
G8054G8055G8056G8057G8058G8059
G8060G8061G8062G8075G8076G8077
G8078G8079G8080G8081G8082G8085
G8093G8094G8099G8100G8103G8104
G8106G8107G8108G8109G8110G8111
G8112G8113G8114G8115G8116G8117
G8126G8127G8128G8129G8130G8131
G8152G8153G8154G8155G8156G8157
G8159G8162G8164G8165G8166G8167
G8170G8171G8172G8182G8183G8184
G8185G8186G8193G8196G8200G8204
G8209G8214G8217G8219G8220G8221
G8223G8226G8231G8234G8238G8240
G8243G8246G8248G8251G8254G8257
G8260G8263G8266G8268G8271G8274
G8276G8279G8282G8285G8289G8293
G8296G8298G8299G8302G8303G8304
G8305G8306G8307G8308G8310G8314
G8318G8322G8326G8330G8334G8338
G8341G8345G8351G8354G8357G8360
G8362G8365G8367G8371G8372G8373
G8374G8375G8376G8377G8378G8379
G8380G8381G8382G8383G8384G8385
G8386G8387G8388G8389G8390G8391
G8395G8396G8397G8398G8399G8400
G8401G8402G8403G8404G8405G8406
G8407G8408G8409G8410G8415G8416
G8417G8418G8419G8420G8421G8422
G8423G8424G8425G8426G8427G8428
G8429G8430G8431G8432G8433G8434
G8435G8436G8437G8438G8439G8440
G8441G8442G8443G8445G8446G8447
G8448G8449G8450G8451G8452G8453
G8454G8455G8456G8457G8458G8459
G8460G8461G8462G8463G8464G8465
G8466G8467G8468G8469G8470G8471
G8472G8473G8474G8475G8476G8477
G8478G8479G8480G8481G8482G8483
G8484G8485G8486G8487G8488G9013
G9014G9017G9018G9019G9020G9033
G9034G9035G9036G9050G9051G9052
G9053G9054G9055G9056G9057G9058
G9059G9060G9061G9062G9063G9064
G9065G9066G9067G9068G9069G9070
G9071G9072G9073G9074G9075G9077
G9078G9079G9080G9083G9084G9085
G9086G9087G9088G9089G9090G9091
G9092G9093G9094G9095G9096G9097
G9098G9099G9100G9101G9102G9103
G9104G9105G9106G9107G9108G9109
G9110G9111G9112G9113G9114G9115
G9116G9117G9123G9124G9125G9126
G9128G9129G9130G9131G9132G9133
G9134G9135G9136G9137G9138G9139
G9140Q4082    

Traditional Guidelines

Refer to General Policy Guidelines

FEP Guidelines

This medical policy may not apply to FEP.  Medical policy is not an authorization, certification, explanation of benefits or a contract.  Benefits are determined by the Federal Employee Program.

PPO Guidelines

Refer to General Policy Guidelines

Managed Care POS Guidelines

Refer to General Policy Guidelines

Publications

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This policy is designed to address medical guidelines that are appropriate for the majority of individuals with a particular disease, illness, or condition. Each person's unique clinical circumstances may warrant individual consideration, based on review of applicable medical records.

Medical policies are designed to supplement the terms of a member's contract. The member's contract defines the benefits available; therefore, medical policies should not be construed as overriding specific contract language. In the event of conflict, the contract shall govern.

Medical policies do not constitute medical advice, nor the practice of medicine. Rather, such policies are intended only to establish general guidelines for coverage and reimbursement under Mountain State Blue Cross Blue Shield plans. Application of a medical policy to determine coverage in an individual instance is not intended and shall not be construed to supercede the professional judgment of a treating provider. In all situations, the treating provider must use his/her professional judgment to provide care he/she believes to be in the best interest of the patient, and the provider and patient remain responsible for all treatment decisions.

Mountain State Blue Cross Blue Shield (MSBCBS) retains the right to review and update its medical policy guidelines at its sole discretion. These guidelines are the proprietary information of MSBCBS. Any sale, copying or dissemination of the medical policies is prohibited; however, limited copying of medical policies is permitted for individual use.