00.06.02aw, Preventive Care Services
Independence Blue Cross updated preventive care policy 00.06.02aw to 00.06.02ba, effective 10/01/2025, making targeted HCPCS and ICD-10 code updates. Key changes include: adding HCPCS J0525 for colorectal cancer screening services (replacing S0074), adding HCPCS A4288 for breastfeeding supplies, clarifying J7300 intrauterine contraceptive description, and adding new ICD-10 codes for financial insecurity counseling and BRCA genetic testing. Billing teams must update systems to recognize the new/replaced codes and ensure proper claim adjudication at $0 cost-share for qualifying preventive services.