PA Lookup
If you have questions about prior authorizations, please call:
Member and Recipient Service Line: 1-877-685-2415
Provider Support Service Line: 1-855-250-1539
Leukocyte transfusion
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Volume reduction of blood or blood product (eg, red blood cells or platelets), each unit
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Pooling of platelets or other blood products
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Pretreatment of RBCs for use in RBC antibody detection, identification, and/or compatibility testing; incubation with chemical agents or drugs, each
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Pretreatment of RBCs for use in RBC antibody detection, identification, and/or compatibility testing; incubation with enzymes, each
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Pretreatment of RBCs for use in RBC antibody detection, identification, and/or compatibility testing; by density gradient separation
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Pretreatment of serum for use in RBC antibody identification; incubation with drugs, each
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Pretreatment of serum for use in RBC antibody identification; by dilution
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Pretreatment of serum for use in RBC antibody identification; incubation with inhibitors, each
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Pretreatment of serum for use in RBC antibody identification; by differential red cell absorption using patient RBCs or RBCs of known phenotype, each absorption
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Splitting of blood or blood products, each unit
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Unlisted transfusion medicine procedure
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
Animal inoculation, small animal, with observation and dissection
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Concentration (any type), for infectious agents
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Culture, bacterial; blood, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates (includes anaerobic culture, if appropriate)
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Culture, bacterial; stool, aerobic, with isolation and preliminary examination (eg, KIA, LIA), Salmonella and Shigella species
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Culture, bacterial; stool, aerobic, additional pathogens, isolation and presumptive identification of isolates, each plate
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
1E-7 Family Planning Services
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
- • For FP Medicaid beneficiaries, these services are limited to services described in the policy's covered family planning service set.
- • Outpatient hospital registration is limited for FP Medicaid; the only allowed outpatient registered surgical procedure or service is sterilization, IUD removal, or ultrasound for IUD-related complications including missing strings.
- • Ultrasound for IUD placement issues may be performed only during an annual assessment, comprehensive preventive medicine evaluation, or inter-periodic visit.
- • Telehealth claims, when allowed under the policy, must be filed with the provider's usual place of service and not place of service 02.
Exclusions
Ultrasound is not covered to verify IUD placement at the time of insertion. Ultrasounds are not intended for routine checking of placement after IUD insertion. FP Medicaid does not cover medical conditions unrelated to family planning or family planning-related services. For FP Medicaid, surgical procedures or hospital services requiring outpatient beneficiary registration are not covered other than medically necessary contraceptive device removal or sterilizations; the policy note also identifies ultrasound for an IUD complication or removal of an IUD as exceptions to hospital cost responsibility. Hospital emergency room or emergency department services, inpatient hospital services, and treatment for acute or chronic conditions discovered during screening are not covered under FP Medicaid.
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
1E-7 Family Planning Services
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
- • For FP Medicaid beneficiaries, these services are limited to services described in the policy's covered family planning service set.
- • Outpatient hospital registration is limited for FP Medicaid; the only allowed outpatient registered surgical procedure or service is sterilization, IUD removal, or ultrasound for IUD-related complications including missing strings.
- • Ultrasound for IUD placement issues may be performed only during an annual assessment, comprehensive preventive medicine evaluation, or inter-periodic visit.
- • Telehealth claims, when allowed under the policy, must be filed with the provider's usual place of service and not place of service 02.
Exclusions
Ultrasound is not covered to verify IUD placement at the time of insertion. Ultrasounds are not intended for routine checking of placement after IUD insertion. FP Medicaid does not cover medical conditions unrelated to family planning or family planning-related services. For FP Medicaid, surgical procedures or hospital services requiring outpatient beneficiary registration are not covered other than medically necessary contraceptive device removal or sterilizations; the policy note also identifies ultrasound for an IUD complication or removal of an IUD as exceptions to hospital cost responsibility. Hospital emergency room or emergency department services, inpatient hospital services, and treatment for acute or chronic conditions discovered during screening are not covered under FP Medicaid.
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
Culture, bacterial; quantitative, anaerobic with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates, any source except urine, blood or stool
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
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