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Hawaii Medicaid: New guidance for early childhood mental health providers

UnitedHealthcare·HI · Psychiatry, Pediatrics·State news
Effective date
Not stated
We identified it
Jun 13, 2026
Days to comply
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Summary

Hawaii Medicaid has issued new care and billing guidelines for providers working with early childhood mental health services. The guidelines introduce the DC:0-5™ diagnostic tool with corresponding billing codes and provide a crosswalk to existing codes along with free training resources.

Action Required

Action needed
Immediately: Billing team should review the new DC:0-5 billing codes crosswalk available through the policy link. Mental health providers treating young children should adopt the new billing codes and complete the free DC:0-5 training resources. Update billing system and encounter forms to include the new codes for early childhood mental health services.