Independence Blue Cross reissued policy 05.00.14s for High-Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation (HFCWO) devices with no substantive coverage changes, but removed three rare immunodeficiency ICD-10 codes (D81.810, D81.82, D84.1) and added two myasthenia gravis codes (G70.00, G70.01) effective 11/17/2025. The policy confirms coverage remains limited to specific respiratory and neuromuscular diagnoses with documented standard treatment failure.
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01Billing team must update diagnosis code lists in billing software to remove D81.810, D81.82, and D84.1 from the covered diagnosis list for HFCWO claims (E0483, A7025, A7026), and add G70.00 and G70.01 as newly covered diagnoses.
02Verify that myasthenia gravis claims for HFCWO devices now include documentation of standard treatment failure and meet all other medical necessity criteria.
03No workflow changes needed for claim submission; only update diagnosis code validation rules in the system.
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