Network News - 2nd Quarter 2022
HCPCS codes A2011, A2012, A2013, A4100, C9090, C9091, C9092, C9093, C9507, J0219, J0491, J0879, J9071, J9273, J9359, Q4224, Q4225, Q4256, Q4257, Q4258 and Q5124 were added to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana's claims system effective April 1, 2022, and Outpatient Procedure Services codes C9781, C9782 and C9783 carry the same April 1, 2022 date. For uncomplicated low back pain, the primary diagnosis should reflect the patient's medical issue, and an acute low back pain diagnosis may be coded as a secondary or later diagnosis when appropriate. Exclusionary codes can be used on claims to show extenuating circumstances that require imaging in the first 28 days of acute low back pain. Blue Cross also lists Z68.51 through Z68.54 as BMI percentile codes for the Quality Blue 3.0 measure.