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SelectHealthAll Plans · Coverage · Policy Bulletin · General Surgery, OB-GYN, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery +8 moreMedium impact

Provider Policy Updates | August 2026

Effective date
Sep 1, 2026
Identified
Sep 29, 2026

Summary

Historical material: this is the same August 2026 Select Health provider bulletin (issued August 3, 2026, first found by PolicyChanges on September 29, 2026). It revised four medical policies and announced changes effective September 1, 2026, including non-coverage language for exome-to-genome reflex testing and the ROMTech PortableConnect system, and moving corneal crosslinking requests to Select Health Pharmacy. Its coding reminders on modifiers 25 and 26 and on CPT 93010 and codes 88300-88399 still describe billing rules to check against current guidance.

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What to do

Action · 5 steps
01Already effective 2026-09-01 (historical, so check current applicability before acting): The bulletin says that from September 1, 2026, Select Health does not cover exome-to-genome reflex tests or services tied to the ROMTech PortableConnect system, and that corneal crosslinking requests go through Select Health Pharmacy.
02Billing team should check the current Select Health policy pages to confirm these rules are still in place before changing scheduling or billing for these services.
03If they are, billing team and front desk staff should stop scheduling and billing those services for Select Health members.
04In charge entry, coders should review the modifier and global billing reminders in this bulletin (modifier 26 on laboratory codes, modifier 25 on E and M codes with CPT 93010, and interpretation-only billing for codes 88300-88399) and compare them with current Select Health guidance, since the bulletin is older.
05The bulletin does not state a consequence beyond claim denials or processing delays for misused modifier 26.

Codes mentioned

93010

Original notice

Provider Policy Updates | August 2026
selecthealth.org · Always check the source before changing claims.
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