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Radiopharmaceutical localization of tumor, inflammatory process or distribution of radiopharmaceutical agent(s) (includes vascular flow and blood pool imaging, when performed); planar, whole body, requiring 2 or more days imaging

Service Code
78804 (CPT) Radiopharmaceutical localization of tumor, inflammatory process or distribution of radiopharmaceutical agent(s) (includes vascular flow and blood pool imaging, when performed); planar, whole body, requiring 2 or more days imaging
Prior Authorization Required
No
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

How to Submit

N/A - No authorization is required

Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging; limited area (eg, chest, head/neck)

Service Code
78811 (CPT) Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging; limited area (eg, chest, head/neck)
Prior Authorization Required
Yes
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

Authorization Guidelines

See Evolent site for specific requirements

Reauthorization Guidelines

See Evolent site for specific requirements

How to Submit

Please submit your request to Evolent

Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging; skull base to mid-thigh

Service Code
78812 (CPT) Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging; skull base to mid-thigh
Prior Authorization Required
Yes
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

Authorization Guidelines

See Evolent site for specific requirements

Reauthorization Guidelines

See Evolent site for specific requirements

How to Submit

Please submit your request to Evolent

Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging; whole body

Service Code
78813 (CPT) Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging; whole body
Prior Authorization Required
Yes
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

Authorization Guidelines

See Evolent site for specific requirements

Reauthorization Guidelines

See Evolent site for specific requirements

How to Submit

Please submit your request to Evolent

Positron emission tomography (PET) with concurrently acquired computed tomography (CT) for attenuation correction and anatomical localization imaging; limited area (eg, chest, head/neck)

Service Code
78814 (CPT) Positron emission tomography (PET) with concurrently acquired computed tomography (CT) for attenuation correction and anatomical localization imaging; limited area (eg, chest, head/neck)
Prior Authorization Required
Yes
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

Authorization Guidelines

See Evolent site for specific requirements

Reauthorization Guidelines

See Evolent site for specific requirements

How to Submit

Please submit your request to Evolent

Positron emission tomography (PET) with concurrently acquired computed tomography (CT) for attenuation correction and anatomical localization imaging; skull base to mid-thigh

Service Code
78815 (CPT) Positron emission tomography (PET) with concurrently acquired computed tomography (CT) for attenuation correction and anatomical localization imaging; skull base to mid-thigh
Prior Authorization Required
Yes
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

Authorization Guidelines

See Evolent site for specific requirements

Reauthorization Guidelines

See Evolent site for specific requirements

How to Submit

Please submit your request to Evolent

Positron emission tomography (PET) with concurrently acquired computed tomography (CT) for attenuation correction and anatomical localization imaging; whole body

Service Code
78816 (CPT) Positron emission tomography (PET) with concurrently acquired computed tomography (CT) for attenuation correction and anatomical localization imaging; whole body
Prior Authorization Required
Yes
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

Authorization Guidelines

See Evolent site for specific requirements

Reauthorization Guidelines

See Evolent site for specific requirements

How to Submit

Please submit your request to Evolent

Dialysis Service

Service Code
80047 (CPT) Basic metabolic panel (Calcium, ionized) This panel must include the following: Calcium, ionized (82330) Carbon dioxide (bicarbonate) (82374) Chloride (82435) Creatinine (82565) Glucose (82947) Potassium (84132) Sodium (84295) Urea Nitrogen (BUN) (84520)
Prior Authorization Required
No
Telehealth Billable
Yes
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

Dialysis Services are procedures and services for beneficiaries with chronic renal disease or acute kidney injury designed to replace the functioning of the kidney and maintain the function of related organs. Progressive chronic renal failure typically requires on going dialysis due to End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), as a result of permanent loss of normal kidney tissues and function. Hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and self-dialysis support services are covered, as outlined in this clinical policy, when they are provided by a Medicaid & Medicare certified ESRD hospital based renal dialysis center or free-standing ESRD facility for beneficiaries requiring dialysis services.

Limits

Hemodyalisis: Covered without documentation of medical necessity up to three times weekly. Cannot exceed more than one hemodialysis treatment per date of service.

For AKI dialysis treatments during the monthly billing cycle, only one payment for one treatment per day across settings is allowed; additional payment may be allowed for an uncompleted or partial treatment.

Providers shall document the first date of the ongoing dialysis treatment on each claim submitted.

Providers shall bill dialysis-related services once per calendar month using the last day of the month as the date of service.

If the beneficiary dies before month-end, use the date of death or the last date seen instead of the last day of the month.

Hemodialysis training is reimbursed in sessions that can last up to five hours per day.

Peritoneal Dialysis: Covered when provided by a Medicaid & Medicare certified ESRD hospital-based renal dialysis center or free-standing ESRD facility.

CAPD and CCPD are covered per date of service, not per treatment.

Providers shall bill dialysis-related services once per calendar month, using the last day of the month as the date of service.

Dialysis training is typically completed within two weeks of initiating self-care.

CAPD training sessions can last up to eight hours per day.

CCPD training sessions can last up to eight hours per day.

Home dialysis is performed at home by an ESRD beneficiary or private caregiver who has completed appropriate training.

Self Dialysis: Self-dialysis may be performed only in CMS-compliant centers or in the ESRD beneficiary's private primary residence.

Little or no professional assistance is provided except in an emergency.

Dialysis training is typically completed within two weeks of initiating self-care.

Hemodialysis training sessions can last up to 5 hours per day.

Reimbursement for the completed course is allowed once per beneficiary's lifetime.

Dialysis training sessions are limited to 25 sessions per beneficiary's lifetime.

Training and retraining sessions are reimbursed at the same rate.

Exclusions

Home dialysis is not covered for beneficiaries diagnosed with acute kidney injury because they require close medical supervision.

For undocumented aliens, dialysis is covered only as an emergency service in a facility with licensed professional monitoring during each episode of care; once the beneficiary is stable enough for in-home hemodialysis without immediate medical attention, the treatment is no longer an emergency service.

Medicaid shall not cover the following Dialysis Services:

  • a. office visits, home visits, consults and care plan oversight included in the

monthly capitation;

  • b. access maintenance performed by the staff in the ESRD facility;
  • c. take home drugs and supplies;
  • d. specimen collection fees;
  • e. transportation: The beneficiary is encouraged to contact their local county

Department of Social Services for assistance;

  • f. medical supply charges, including syringes and their administration;
  • g. costs associated with a private caregiver, outside of allowed training paid to

the training facility; and

  • h. capitation payment for the month in which the training code is billed.

Note: When a beneficiary becomes eligible for Medicare or another third-party payer, Medicaid cannot be billed as the primary payer.

Federal Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics may not provide dialysis services or any dialysis related services.

Place of Service

Home, ESRD facilities, and independent laboratories. Telehealth claims should be filed with the provider's usual place of services code(s). Co-payments Monthly co-payments are required for Dialysis Services.

How to Submit

N/A - No authorization is required

Resources

Dialysis Service

Service Code
80048 (CPT) Basic metabolic panel (Calcium, total) This panel must include the following: Calcium, total (82310) Carbon dioxide (bicarbonate) (82374) Chloride (82435) Creatinine (82565) Glucose (82947) Potassium (84132) Sodium (84295) Urea nitrogen (BUN) (84520)
Prior Authorization Required
No
Telehealth Billable
Yes
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

Dialysis Services are procedures and services for beneficiaries with chronic renal disease or acute kidney injury designed to replace the functioning of the kidney and maintain the function of related organs. Progressive chronic renal failure typically requires on going dialysis due to End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), as a result of permanent loss of normal kidney tissues and function. Hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and self-dialysis support services are covered, as outlined in this clinical policy, when they are provided by a Medicaid & Medicare certified ESRD hospital based renal dialysis center or free-standing ESRD facility for beneficiaries requiring dialysis services.

Limits

Hemodyalisis: Covered without documentation of medical necessity up to three times weekly. Cannot exceed more than one hemodialysis treatment per date of service.

For AKI dialysis treatments during the monthly billing cycle, only one payment for one treatment per day across settings is allowed; additional payment may be allowed for an uncompleted or partial treatment.

Providers shall document the first date of the ongoing dialysis treatment on each claim submitted.

Providers shall bill dialysis-related services once per calendar month using the last day of the month as the date of service.

If the beneficiary dies before month-end, use the date of death or the last date seen instead of the last day of the month.

Hemodialysis training is reimbursed in sessions that can last up to five hours per day.

Peritoneal Dialysis: Covered when provided by a Medicaid & Medicare certified ESRD hospital-based renal dialysis center or free-standing ESRD facility.

CAPD and CCPD are covered per date of service, not per treatment.

Providers shall bill dialysis-related services once per calendar month, using the last day of the month as the date of service.

Dialysis training is typically completed within two weeks of initiating self-care.

CAPD training sessions can last up to eight hours per day.

CCPD training sessions can last up to eight hours per day.

Home dialysis is performed at home by an ESRD beneficiary or private caregiver who has completed appropriate training.

Self Dialysis: Self-dialysis may be performed only in CMS-compliant centers or in the ESRD beneficiary's private primary residence.

Little or no professional assistance is provided except in an emergency.

Dialysis training is typically completed within two weeks of initiating self-care.

Hemodialysis training sessions can last up to 5 hours per day.

Reimbursement for the completed course is allowed once per beneficiary's lifetime.

Dialysis training sessions are limited to 25 sessions per beneficiary's lifetime.

Training and retraining sessions are reimbursed at the same rate.

Exclusions

Home dialysis is not covered for beneficiaries diagnosed with acute kidney injury because they require close medical supervision.

For undocumented aliens, dialysis is covered only as an emergency service in a facility with licensed professional monitoring during each episode of care; once the beneficiary is stable enough for in-home hemodialysis without immediate medical attention, the treatment is no longer an emergency service.

Medicaid shall not cover the following Dialysis Services:

  • a. office visits, home visits, consults and care plan oversight included in the

monthly capitation;

  • b. access maintenance performed by the staff in the ESRD facility;
  • c. take home drugs and supplies;
  • d. specimen collection fees;
  • e. transportation: The beneficiary is encouraged to contact their local county

Department of Social Services for assistance;

  • f. medical supply charges, including syringes and their administration;
  • g. costs associated with a private caregiver, outside of allowed training paid to

the training facility; and

  • h. capitation payment for the month in which the training code is billed.

Note: When a beneficiary becomes eligible for Medicare or another third-party payer, Medicaid cannot be billed as the primary payer.

Federal Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics may not provide dialysis services or any dialysis related services.

Place of Service

Home, ESRD facilities, and independent laboratories. Telehealth claims should be filed with the provider's usual place of services code(s). Co-payments Monthly co-payments are required for Dialysis Services.

How to Submit

N/A - No authorization is required

Resources

General health panel This panel must include the following: Comprehensive metabolic panel (80053) Blood count, complete (CBC), automated and automated differential WBC count (85025 or 85027 and 85004) OR Blood count, complete (CBC), automated (85027) and

Service Code
80050 (CPT) General health panel This panel must include the following: Comprehensive metabolic panel (80053) Blood count, complete (CBC), automated and automated differential WBC count (85025 or 85027 and 85004) OR Blood count, complete (CBC), automated (85027) and
Prior Authorization Required
No
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

How to Submit

N/A - No authorization is required

Dialysis Service

Service Code
80051 (CPT) Electrolyte panel This panel must include the following: Carbon dioxide (bicarbonate) (82374) Chloride (82435) Potassium (84132) Sodium (84295)
Prior Authorization Required
No
Telehealth Billable
Yes
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

Dialysis Services are procedures and services for beneficiaries with chronic renal disease or acute kidney injury designed to replace the functioning of the kidney and maintain the function of related organs. Progressive chronic renal failure typically requires on going dialysis due to End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), as a result of permanent loss of normal kidney tissues and function. Hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and self-dialysis support services are covered, as outlined in this clinical policy, when they are provided by a Medicaid & Medicare certified ESRD hospital based renal dialysis center or free-standing ESRD facility for beneficiaries requiring dialysis services.

Limits

Hemodyalisis: Covered without documentation of medical necessity up to three times weekly. Cannot exceed more than one hemodialysis treatment per date of service.

For AKI dialysis treatments during the monthly billing cycle, only one payment for one treatment per day across settings is allowed; additional payment may be allowed for an uncompleted or partial treatment.

Providers shall document the first date of the ongoing dialysis treatment on each claim submitted.

Providers shall bill dialysis-related services once per calendar month using the last day of the month as the date of service.

If the beneficiary dies before month-end, use the date of death or the last date seen instead of the last day of the month.

Hemodialysis training is reimbursed in sessions that can last up to five hours per day.

Peritoneal Dialysis: Covered when provided by a Medicaid & Medicare certified ESRD hospital-based renal dialysis center or free-standing ESRD facility.

CAPD and CCPD are covered per date of service, not per treatment.

Providers shall bill dialysis-related services once per calendar month, using the last day of the month as the date of service.

Dialysis training is typically completed within two weeks of initiating self-care.

CAPD training sessions can last up to eight hours per day.

CCPD training sessions can last up to eight hours per day.

Home dialysis is performed at home by an ESRD beneficiary or private caregiver who has completed appropriate training.

Self Dialysis: Self-dialysis may be performed only in CMS-compliant centers or in the ESRD beneficiary's private primary residence.

Little or no professional assistance is provided except in an emergency.

Dialysis training is typically completed within two weeks of initiating self-care.

Hemodialysis training sessions can last up to 5 hours per day.

Reimbursement for the completed course is allowed once per beneficiary's lifetime.

Dialysis training sessions are limited to 25 sessions per beneficiary's lifetime.

Training and retraining sessions are reimbursed at the same rate.

Exclusions

Home dialysis is not covered for beneficiaries diagnosed with acute kidney injury because they require close medical supervision.

For undocumented aliens, dialysis is covered only as an emergency service in a facility with licensed professional monitoring during each episode of care; once the beneficiary is stable enough for in-home hemodialysis without immediate medical attention, the treatment is no longer an emergency service.

Medicaid shall not cover the following Dialysis Services:

  • a. office visits, home visits, consults and care plan oversight included in the

monthly capitation;

  • b. access maintenance performed by the staff in the ESRD facility;
  • c. take home drugs and supplies;
  • d. specimen collection fees;
  • e. transportation: The beneficiary is encouraged to contact their local county

Department of Social Services for assistance;

  • f. medical supply charges, including syringes and their administration;
  • g. costs associated with a private caregiver, outside of allowed training paid to

the training facility; and

  • h. capitation payment for the month in which the training code is billed.

Note: When a beneficiary becomes eligible for Medicare or another third-party payer, Medicaid cannot be billed as the primary payer.

Federal Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics may not provide dialysis services or any dialysis related services.

Place of Service

Home, ESRD facilities, and independent laboratories. Telehealth claims should be filed with the provider's usual place of services code(s). Co-payments Monthly co-payments are required for Dialysis Services.

How to Submit

N/A - No authorization is required

Resources

1E-7 Family Planning Services

Service Code
80053 (CPT) Comprehensive metabolic panel This panel must include the following: Albumin (82040) Bilirubin, total (82247) Calcium, total (82310) Carbon dioxide (bicarbonate) (82374) Chloride (82435) Creatinine (82565) Glucose (82947) Phosphatase, alkaline (84075) Pot
Prior Authorization Required
No
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

Family Planning Medicaid services are provided to an eligible Medicaid beneficiary of childbearing age to temporarily or permanently prevent or delay pregnancy. Medicaid Family Planning is designed to reduce unintended pregnancies and improve the well-being of children and families in North Carolina.

Limits

Limited to one Comprehensive Metabolic Panel every three consecutive months.

The service is billable only when provided in conjunction with an annual assessment, comprehensive preventive medicine evaluation, or one of the six allowed inter-periodic visits.

For FP Medicaid claims, the annual assessment date or comprehensive preventive medicine evaluation date must be included on claims for laboratory procedures.

Exclusions

This service is not covered when it is unrelated to family planning or family planning-related services. For FP Medicaid beneficiaries, only services described in the covered family planning benefit are payable; if the beneficiary has no need for family planning services or has an unrelated medical condition, the provider must refer the beneficiary to primary care or a safety net provider. General policy exclusions also apply, including duplicate services and experimental, investigational, or clinical-trial services.

Place of Service

Non-Telehealth Claims: a. Inpatient hospitals (not applicable for a FP Medicaid beneficiary) b. Outpatient hospital: For a FP Medicaid beneficiary, the only surgical procedure or service allowed requiring outpatient beneficiary registration is sterilization, IUD removal or ultrasound for IUD related complications including missing strings. c. Office: utilizing offices within places of service 11 (Office), 19 (Off Campus Outpatient) or 22 (On Campus Outpatient) d. Ambulatory Surgical Centers (applicable for a FP Medicaid beneficiary for a sterilization. Numeric POS code(s): 02-Telehealth Provided Other than in Patient's Home.

Additional Service Specifics

FP. GT applies only when the service is telehealth billable and delivered by interactive audio-video.

How to Submit

N/A - No authorization is required

Resources

Dialysis Service

Service Code
80053 (CPT) Comprehensive metabolic panel This panel must include the following: Albumin (82040) Bilirubin, total (82247) Calcium, total (82310) Carbon dioxide (bicarbonate) (82374) Chloride (82435) Creatinine (82565) Glucose (82947) Phosphatase, alkaline (84075) Pot
Prior Authorization Required
No
Telehealth Billable
Yes
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

Dialysis Services are procedures and services for beneficiaries with chronic renal disease or acute kidney injury designed to replace the functioning of the kidney and maintain the function of related organs. Progressive chronic renal failure typically requires on going dialysis due to End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), as a result of permanent loss of normal kidney tissues and function. Hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and self-dialysis support services are covered, as outlined in this clinical policy, when they are provided by a Medicaid & Medicare certified ESRD hospital based renal dialysis center or free-standing ESRD facility for beneficiaries requiring dialysis services.

Limits

Hemodyalisis: Covered without documentation of medical necessity up to three times weekly. Cannot exceed more than one hemodialysis treatment per date of service.

For AKI dialysis treatments during the monthly billing cycle, only one payment for one treatment per day across settings is allowed; additional payment may be allowed for an uncompleted or partial treatment.

Providers shall document the first date of the ongoing dialysis treatment on each claim submitted.

Providers shall bill dialysis-related services once per calendar month using the last day of the month as the date of service.

If the beneficiary dies before month-end, use the date of death or the last date seen instead of the last day of the month.

Hemodialysis training is reimbursed in sessions that can last up to five hours per day.

Peritoneal Dialysis: Covered when provided by a Medicaid & Medicare certified ESRD hospital-based renal dialysis center or free-standing ESRD facility.

CAPD and CCPD are covered per date of service, not per treatment.

Providers shall bill dialysis-related services once per calendar month, using the last day of the month as the date of service.

Dialysis training is typically completed within two weeks of initiating self-care.

CAPD training sessions can last up to eight hours per day.

CCPD training sessions can last up to eight hours per day.

Home dialysis is performed at home by an ESRD beneficiary or private caregiver who has completed appropriate training.

Self Dialysis: Self-dialysis may be performed only in CMS-compliant centers or in the ESRD beneficiary's private primary residence.

Little or no professional assistance is provided except in an emergency.

Dialysis training is typically completed within two weeks of initiating self-care.

Hemodialysis training sessions can last up to 5 hours per day.

Reimbursement for the completed course is allowed once per beneficiary's lifetime.

Dialysis training sessions are limited to 25 sessions per beneficiary's lifetime.

Training and retraining sessions are reimbursed at the same rate.

Exclusions

Home dialysis is not covered for beneficiaries diagnosed with acute kidney injury because they require close medical supervision.

For undocumented aliens, dialysis is covered only as an emergency service in a facility with licensed professional monitoring during each episode of care; once the beneficiary is stable enough for in-home hemodialysis without immediate medical attention, the treatment is no longer an emergency service.

Medicaid shall not cover the following Dialysis Services:

  • a. office visits, home visits, consults and care plan oversight included in the

monthly capitation;

  • b. access maintenance performed by the staff in the ESRD facility;
  • c. take home drugs and supplies;
  • d. specimen collection fees;
  • e. transportation: The beneficiary is encouraged to contact their local county

Department of Social Services for assistance;

  • f. medical supply charges, including syringes and their administration;
  • g. costs associated with a private caregiver, outside of allowed training paid to

the training facility; and

  • h. capitation payment for the month in which the training code is billed.

Note: When a beneficiary becomes eligible for Medicare or another third-party payer, Medicaid cannot be billed as the primary payer.

Federal Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics may not provide dialysis services or any dialysis related services.

Place of Service

Home, ESRD facilities, and independent laboratories. Telehealth claims should be filed with the provider's usual place of services code(s). Co-payments Monthly co-payments are required for Dialysis Services.

How to Submit

N/A - No authorization is required

Resources

Obstetric panel This panel must include the following: Blood count, complete (CBC), automated and automated differential WBC count (85025 or 85027 and 85004) OR Blood count, complete (CBC), automated (85027) and appropriate manual differential WBC count (

Service Code
80055 (CPT) Obstetric panel This panel must include the following: Blood count, complete (CBC), automated and automated differential WBC count (85025 or 85027 and 85004) OR Blood count, complete (CBC), automated (85027) and appropriate manual differential WBC count (
Prior Authorization Required
No
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

How to Submit

N/A - No authorization is required

Dialysis Service

Service Code
80061 (CPT) Lipid panel This panel must include the following: Cholesterol, serum, total (82465) Lipoprotein, direct measurement, high density cholesterol (HDL cholesterol) (83718) Triglycerides (84478)
Prior Authorization Required
No
Telehealth Billable
Yes
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

Dialysis Services are procedures and services for beneficiaries with chronic renal disease or acute kidney injury designed to replace the functioning of the kidney and maintain the function of related organs. Progressive chronic renal failure typically requires on going dialysis due to End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), as a result of permanent loss of normal kidney tissues and function. Hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and self-dialysis support services are covered, as outlined in this clinical policy, when they are provided by a Medicaid & Medicare certified ESRD hospital based renal dialysis center or free-standing ESRD facility for beneficiaries requiring dialysis services.

Limits

Hemodyalisis: Covered without documentation of medical necessity up to three times weekly. Cannot exceed more than one hemodialysis treatment per date of service.

For AKI dialysis treatments during the monthly billing cycle, only one payment for one treatment per day across settings is allowed; additional payment may be allowed for an uncompleted or partial treatment.

Providers shall document the first date of the ongoing dialysis treatment on each claim submitted.

Providers shall bill dialysis-related services once per calendar month using the last day of the month as the date of service.

If the beneficiary dies before month-end, use the date of death or the last date seen instead of the last day of the month.

Hemodialysis training is reimbursed in sessions that can last up to five hours per day.

Peritoneal Dialysis: Covered when provided by a Medicaid & Medicare certified ESRD hospital-based renal dialysis center or free-standing ESRD facility.

CAPD and CCPD are covered per date of service, not per treatment.

Providers shall bill dialysis-related services once per calendar month, using the last day of the month as the date of service.

Dialysis training is typically completed within two weeks of initiating self-care.

CAPD training sessions can last up to eight hours per day.

CCPD training sessions can last up to eight hours per day.

Home dialysis is performed at home by an ESRD beneficiary or private caregiver who has completed appropriate training.

Self Dialysis: Self-dialysis may be performed only in CMS-compliant centers or in the ESRD beneficiary's private primary residence.

Little or no professional assistance is provided except in an emergency.

Dialysis training is typically completed within two weeks of initiating self-care.

Hemodialysis training sessions can last up to 5 hours per day.

Reimbursement for the completed course is allowed once per beneficiary's lifetime.

Dialysis training sessions are limited to 25 sessions per beneficiary's lifetime.

Training and retraining sessions are reimbursed at the same rate.

Exclusions

Home dialysis is not covered for beneficiaries diagnosed with acute kidney injury because they require close medical supervision.

For undocumented aliens, dialysis is covered only as an emergency service in a facility with licensed professional monitoring during each episode of care; once the beneficiary is stable enough for in-home hemodialysis without immediate medical attention, the treatment is no longer an emergency service.

Medicaid shall not cover the following Dialysis Services:

  • a. office visits, home visits, consults and care plan oversight included in the

monthly capitation;

  • b. access maintenance performed by the staff in the ESRD facility;
  • c. take home drugs and supplies;
  • d. specimen collection fees;
  • e. transportation: The beneficiary is encouraged to contact their local county

Department of Social Services for assistance;

  • f. medical supply charges, including syringes and their administration;
  • g. costs associated with a private caregiver, outside of allowed training paid to

the training facility; and

  • h. capitation payment for the month in which the training code is billed.

Note: When a beneficiary becomes eligible for Medicare or another third-party payer, Medicaid cannot be billed as the primary payer.

Federal Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics may not provide dialysis services or any dialysis related services.

Place of Service

Home, ESRD facilities, and independent laboratories. Telehealth claims should be filed with the provider's usual place of services code(s). Co-payments Monthly co-payments are required for Dialysis Services.

How to Submit

N/A - No authorization is required

Resources

Dialysis Service

Service Code
80069 (CPT) Renal function panel This panel must include the following: Albumin (82040) Calcium, total (82310) Carbon dioxide (bicarbonate) (82374) Chloride (82435) Creatinine (82565) Glucose (82947) Phosphorus inorganic (phosphate) (84100) Potassium (84132) Sodium (
Prior Authorization Required
No
Telehealth Billable
Yes
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

Dialysis Services are procedures and services for beneficiaries with chronic renal disease or acute kidney injury designed to replace the functioning of the kidney and maintain the function of related organs. Progressive chronic renal failure typically requires on going dialysis due to End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), as a result of permanent loss of normal kidney tissues and function. Hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and self-dialysis support services are covered, as outlined in this clinical policy, when they are provided by a Medicaid & Medicare certified ESRD hospital based renal dialysis center or free-standing ESRD facility for beneficiaries requiring dialysis services.

Limits

Hemodyalisis: Covered without documentation of medical necessity up to three times weekly. Cannot exceed more than one hemodialysis treatment per date of service.

For AKI dialysis treatments during the monthly billing cycle, only one payment for one treatment per day across settings is allowed; additional payment may be allowed for an uncompleted or partial treatment.

Providers shall document the first date of the ongoing dialysis treatment on each claim submitted.

Providers shall bill dialysis-related services once per calendar month using the last day of the month as the date of service.

If the beneficiary dies before month-end, use the date of death or the last date seen instead of the last day of the month.

Hemodialysis training is reimbursed in sessions that can last up to five hours per day.

Peritoneal Dialysis: Covered when provided by a Medicaid & Medicare certified ESRD hospital-based renal dialysis center or free-standing ESRD facility.

CAPD and CCPD are covered per date of service, not per treatment.

Providers shall bill dialysis-related services once per calendar month, using the last day of the month as the date of service.

Dialysis training is typically completed within two weeks of initiating self-care.

CAPD training sessions can last up to eight hours per day.

CCPD training sessions can last up to eight hours per day.

Home dialysis is performed at home by an ESRD beneficiary or private caregiver who has completed appropriate training.

Self Dialysis: Self-dialysis may be performed only in CMS-compliant centers or in the ESRD beneficiary's private primary residence.

Little or no professional assistance is provided except in an emergency.

Dialysis training is typically completed within two weeks of initiating self-care.

Hemodialysis training sessions can last up to 5 hours per day.

Reimbursement for the completed course is allowed once per beneficiary's lifetime.

Dialysis training sessions are limited to 25 sessions per beneficiary's lifetime.

Training and retraining sessions are reimbursed at the same rate.

Exclusions

Home dialysis is not covered for beneficiaries diagnosed with acute kidney injury because they require close medical supervision.

For undocumented aliens, dialysis is covered only as an emergency service in a facility with licensed professional monitoring during each episode of care; once the beneficiary is stable enough for in-home hemodialysis without immediate medical attention, the treatment is no longer an emergency service.

Medicaid shall not cover the following Dialysis Services:

  • a. office visits, home visits, consults and care plan oversight included in the

monthly capitation;

  • b. access maintenance performed by the staff in the ESRD facility;
  • c. take home drugs and supplies;
  • d. specimen collection fees;
  • e. transportation: The beneficiary is encouraged to contact their local county

Department of Social Services for assistance;

  • f. medical supply charges, including syringes and their administration;
  • g. costs associated with a private caregiver, outside of allowed training paid to

the training facility; and

  • h. capitation payment for the month in which the training code is billed.

Note: When a beneficiary becomes eligible for Medicare or another third-party payer, Medicaid cannot be billed as the primary payer.

Federal Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics may not provide dialysis services or any dialysis related services.

Place of Service

Home, ESRD facilities, and independent laboratories. Telehealth claims should be filed with the provider's usual place of services code(s). Co-payments Monthly co-payments are required for Dialysis Services.

How to Submit

N/A - No authorization is required

Resources

Acute hepatitis panel This panel must include the following: Hepatitis A antibody (HAAb), IgM antibody (86709) Hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb), IgM antibody (86705) Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) (87340) Hepatitis C antibody (86803)

Service Code
80074 (CPT) Acute hepatitis panel This panel must include the following: Hepatitis A antibody (HAAb), IgM antibody (86709) Hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb), IgM antibody (86705) Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) (87340) Hepatitis C antibody (86803)
Prior Authorization Required
No
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

How to Submit

N/A - No authorization is required

Hepatic function panel This panel must include the following: Albumin (82040) Bilirubin, total (82247) Bilirubin, direct (82248) Phosphatase, alkaline (84075) Protein, total (84155) Transferase, alanine amino (ALT) (SGPT) (84460) Transferase, aspartate am

Service Code
80076 (CPT) Hepatic function panel This panel must include the following: Albumin (82040) Bilirubin, total (82247) Bilirubin, direct (82248) Phosphatase, alkaline (84075) Protein, total (84155) Transferase, alanine amino (ALT) (SGPT) (84460) Transferase, aspartate am
Prior Authorization Required
No
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

How to Submit

N/A - No authorization is required

Obstetric panel (includes HIV testing)

Service Code
80081 (CPT) Obstetric panel (includes HIV testing)
Prior Authorization Required
No
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

How to Submit

N/A - No authorization is required

Adalimumab

Service Code
80145 (CPT) Adalimumab
Prior Authorization Required
No
Benefit Plan
Medicaid
Diagnosis Group
Physical Health

How to Submit

N/A - No authorization is required