PA Lookup
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Member and Recipient Service Line: 1-877-685-2415
Provider Support Service Line: 1-855-250-1539
Glossectomy; less than one-half tongue
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Glossectomy; hemiglossectomy
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Glossectomy; partial, with unilateral radical neck dissection
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Glossectomy; complete or total, with or without tracheostomy, without radical neck dissection
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Glossectomy; complete or total, with or without tracheostomy, with unilateral radical neck dissection
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Glossectomy; composite procedure with resection floor of mouth and mandibular resection, without radical neck dissection
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Glossectomy; composite procedure with resection floor of mouth, with suprahyoid neck dissection
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Glossectomy; composite procedure with resection floor of mouth, mandibular resection, and radical neck dissection (Commando type)
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Repair of laceration 2.5 cm or less; floor of mouth and/or anterior two-thirds of tongue
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Repair of laceration 2.5 cm or less; posterior one-third of tongue
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Repair of laceration of tongue, floor of mouth, over 2.6 cm or complex
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Suture of tongue to lip for micrognathia (Douglas type procedure)
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Tongue base suspension, permanent suture technique
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Surgery of the Lingual Frenulum
Surgery of the lingual frenulum includes incision, excision, or surgical alteration of a short frenum to free the tongue and allow greater range of motion of the tongue.
Limits
Prior approval is required for beneficiaries 2 years of age and older. Surgery of the lingual frenulum is limited to once per lifetime.
Place of Service
Inpatient, Outpatient, Physician’s Office or Dental Office.
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Resources
Submucosal ablation of the tongue base, radiofrequency, 1 or more sites, per session
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Unlisted procedure, tongue, floor of mouth
Authorization Guidelines
Please submit any records and any other information that you believe support the member has met the applicable medical necessity criteria to Trillium.
How to Submit
Please submit your request to Trillium Health Resources
Drainage of abscess, cyst, hematoma from dentoalveolar structures
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Removal of embedded foreign body from dentoalveolar structures; soft tissues
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Removal of embedded foreign body from dentoalveolar structures; bone
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Gingivectomy, excision gingiva, each quadrant
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
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