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20-944 Medical Policies - 3rd Quarter 2020
Effective date
Not stated in the notice
Identified
Jun 20, 2026
Summary
Medical policies approved in the third quarter of 2020 by Centene's Corporate Clinical Policy Committee and/or Health Net's Medical Advisory Council include new policies for respiratory viral panel testing and thymus transplantation, and updated criteria for services such as trigger point injections (now a maximum of four per year, down from six), sacroiliac joint fusion, sacral nerve stimulation and mechanical stretching devices. Some codes were added, moved or removed, including L8613 (removed) and L8692 (added) for bone-anchored hearing aids.
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What to do
Action · 6 steps
01If required, get prior authorization before the services are given.
02For Medicare Advantage plans, apply the Medicare national and local policies for primary coverage guidance.
03For Medi-Cal plans, apply the appropriate coverage guidelines first, because they take precedence over these plan policies.
04Review the changed criteria before billing these services, including: trigger point injections, which have a maximum of four per year; sacroiliac joint fusion, which is investigational for all other indications; air ambulance transport, which is not considered medically necessary for the indications the policy lists; and the stretching device HCPCS codes listed in the Mechanical Stretching Devices policy as not supporting medical necessity.
05For the coding implications of each policy, log on to the provider website and select Medical Policies under Resources.
06Questions go to the Health Net Provider Services Center within 60 days.
Codes mentioned
876328763386328L8613L8692E1399E1801E1806E1811E1815E1816E1818E1830E1831E1840E18411527115278H61.111H61.119O09.521O09.529G40.001G40.009G40.201G40.209G40.309G40.A09G40.409G40.509G40.802G40.909G40.911G40.919G40.813G40.814
Original notice
20-944 Medical Policies - 3rd Quarter 2020
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