PA Lookup
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Pleurectomy, parietal (separate procedure)
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Decortication and parietal pleurectomy
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Biopsy, pleura, percutaneous needle
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Core needle biopsy, lung or mediastinum, percutaneous, including imaging guidance, when performed
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Removal of lung, pneumonectomy;
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Removal of lung, pneumonectomy; with resection of segment of trachea followed by broncho-tracheal anastomosis (sleeve pneumonectomy)
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Removal of lung, pneumonectomy; extrapleural
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Removal of lung, other than pneumonectomy; single lobe (lobectomy)
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Removal of lung, other than pneumonectomy; 2 lobes (bilobectomy)
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Removal of lung, other than pneumonectomy; single segment (segmentectomy)
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Removal of lung, other than pneumonectomy; with circumferential resection of segment of bronchus followed by broncho-bronchial anastomosis (sleeve lobectomy)
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Removal of lung, other than pneumonectomy; with all remaining lung following previous removal of a portion of lung (completion pneumonectomy)
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Removal of lung, other than pneumonectomy; with resection-plication of emphysematous lung(s) (bullous or non-bullous) for lung volume reduction, sternal split or transthoracic approach, includes any pleural procedure, when performed
Authorization Guidelines
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Resection and repair of portion of bronchus (bronchoplasty) when performed at time of lobectomy or segmentectomy (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Resection of apical lung tumor (eg, Pancoast tumor), including chest wall resection, rib(s) resection(s), neurovascular dissection, when performed; without chest wall reconstruction(s)
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Resection of apical lung tumor (eg, Pancoast tumor), including chest wall resection, rib(s) resection(s), neurovascular dissection, when performed; with chest wall reconstruction
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Thoracotomy; with therapeutic wedge resection (eg, mass, nodule), initial
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Thoracotomy; with therapeutic wedge resection (eg, mass or nodule), each additional resection, ipsilateral (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Thoracotomy; with diagnostic wedge resection followed by anatomic lung resection (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Extrapleural enucleation of empyema (empyemectomy)
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
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