CPT 42425, in plain terms, covers Surgeon removes the parotid gland with sacrifice of facial nerve due to tumor involvement. CPT 42425 is referenced in 3 tracked payer policy changes from UnitedHealthcare. For billers and coders, staying current on payer-specific coverage criteria, reimbursement rules, and prior-authorization requirements for CPT 42425 is critical to clean claim submission. Each entry below links to the full policy analysis with effective dates and action steps.
Official descriptor: CPT 42425 on AAPC
UnitedHealthcare is removing a long list of CPT codes from the applicable-code list of its Outpatient Surgical Procedures site-of-service policy for Exchange plans, and it is also removing the link to the Manipulation Under Anesthesia policy. The change takes effect December 1, 2026. The source does not state a new billing requirement for the removed codes.
Effective December 1, 2026, UMR removes more than 500 CPT codes from its Outpatient Surgical Procedures - Site of Service medical policy for commercial plans, and it drops a reference link to the Manipulation Under Anesthesia policy. For those codes, UMR's site-of-service policy no longer applies, so the practice should update its internal UMR site-of-service and prior authorization lists before that date.
Effective December 1, 2026, UnitedHealthcare removes more than 500 CPT codes from its Outpatient Surgical Procedures - Site of Service medical policy for commercial plans, and it drops a reference link to the Manipulation Under Anesthesia policy. For those codes, the site-of-service policy no longer applies under this UnitedHealthcare commercial policy, so the practice should update its internal site-of-service and prior authorization lists before that date.
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