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Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid Program) News and Updates (B2100458 - 01/2021)
Colorado Medicaid·CO · Orthopedics, General Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery +23 more·Provider Bulletin
Effective date
Jan 1, 2021
We identified it
Jun 20, 2026
Summary
Colorado Medicaid implemented annual 2021 HCPCS code updates effective January 1, 2021, discontinuing hundreds of procedure codes and adding new covered codes. Claims with 2021 codes will suspend until rates are loaded into the system.
Action Required
Immediately: Stop billing discontinued codes for Colorado Medicaid patients for dates of service after December 31, 2020. Update billing system to use new 2021 HCPCS codes for covered services. Expect claims with 2021 codes to suspend with EOB 0000 until Colorado loads rates into their system. Purchase 2021 HCPCS and CPT coding manuals for code descriptions.