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Neonatal and Pediatric Critical and Intensive Care Services
Neonatal and pediatric critical and intensive care services are evaluation and management services provided to other than normal newborns, infants and children from birth through 5 years of age. The level of care is based on the intensity of service and status of the beneficiary.
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.
Unit Value
one unit per day by only one physician.
Limits
Limited to once per day.
Exclusions
Neonatal and pediatric critical and intensive care services are not covered when CCP (Section 3.2) criteria are not met, including admission to a critical or intensive care unit because no other hospital beds are available or because hospital rules require certain treatments to be administered in the unit.
Age Group Details
Service is for neonates or infants.
Place of Service
Inpatient.
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Resources
Neonatal and Pediatric Critical and Intensive Care Services
Neonatal and pediatric critical and intensive care services are evaluation and management services provided to other than normal newborns, infants and children from birth through 5 years of age. The level of care is based on the intensity of service and status of the beneficiary.
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.
Unit Value
one unit per day by only one physician.
Limits
Limited to once per day.
Exclusions
Neonatal and pediatric critical and intensive care services are not covered when CCP (Section 3.2) criteria are not met, including admission to a critical or intensive care unit because no other hospital beds are available or because hospital rules require certain treatments to be administered in the unit.
Age Group Details
Service is for neonates or infants.
Place of Service
Inpatient.
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Resources
Neonatal and Pediatric Critical and Intensive Care Services
Neonatal and pediatric critical and intensive care services are evaluation and management services provided to other than normal newborns, infants and children from birth through 5 years of age. The level of care is based on the intensity of service and status of the beneficiary.
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.
Unit Value
one unit per day by only one physician.
Limits
Limited to once per day.
Exclusions
Neonatal and pediatric critical and intensive care services are not covered when CCP (Section 3.2) criteria are not met, including admission to a critical or intensive care unit because no other hospital beds are available or because hospital rules require certain treatments to be administered in the unit.
Age Group Details
Service is for neonates or infants.
Place of Service
Inpatient.
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Resources
Neonatal and Pediatric Critical and Intensive Care Services
Neonatal and pediatric critical and intensive care services are evaluation and management services provided to other than normal newborns, infants and children from birth through 5 years of age. The level of care is based on the intensity of service and status of the beneficiary.
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.
Unit Value
one unit per day by only one physician.
Limits
Limited to once per day.
Exclusions
Neonatal and pediatric critical and intensive care services are not covered when CCP (Section 3.2) criteria are not met, including admission to a critical or intensive care unit because no other hospital beds are available or because hospital rules require certain treatments to be administered in the unit.
Age Group Details
Service is for neonates or infants.
Place of Service
Inpatient.
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Resources
Neonatal and Pediatric Critical and Intensive Care Services
Neonatal and pediatric critical and intensive care services are evaluation and management services provided to other than normal newborns, infants and children from birth through 5 years of age. The level of care is based on the intensity of service and status of the beneficiary.
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.
Unit Value
one unit per day by only one physician.
Limits
Limited to once per day.
Exclusions
Neonatal and pediatric critical and intensive care services are not covered when CCP (Section 3.2) criteria are not met, including admission to a critical or intensive care unit because no other hospital beds are available or because hospital rules require certain treatments to be administered in the unit.
Age Group Details
Service is for neonates or infants.
Place of Service
Inpatient.
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Resources
Neonatal and Pediatric Critical and Intensive Care Services
Neonatal and pediatric critical and intensive care services are evaluation and management services provided to other than normal newborns, infants and children from birth through 5 years of age. The level of care is based on the intensity of service and status of the beneficiary.
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.
Unit Value
one unit per day by only one physician.
Limits
Limited to once per day.
Exclusions
Neonatal and pediatric critical and intensive care services are not covered when CCP (Section 3.2) criteria are not met, including admission to a critical or intensive care unit because no other hospital beds are available or because hospital rules require certain treatments to be administered in the unit.
Age Group Details
Service is for neonates or infants.
Place of Service
Inpatient.
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Resources
Neonatal and Pediatric Critical and Intensive Care Services
Neonatal and pediatric critical and intensive care services are evaluation and management services provided to other than normal newborns, infants and children from birth through 5 years of age. The level of care is based on the intensity of service and status of the beneficiary.
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.
Unit Value
one unit per day by only one physician.
Limits
Limited to once per day.
Exclusions
Neonatal and pediatric critical and intensive care services are not covered when CCP (Section 3.2) criteria are not met, including admission to a critical or intensive care unit because no other hospital beds are available or because hospital rules require certain treatments to be administered in the unit.
Age Group Details
Service is for neonates or infants.
Place of Service
Inpatient.
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Resources
99483-ASSESSMENT OF AND CARE PLANNING FOR PATIENT WITH IMPAIRED THOUGHT PROCESSING, TYPICALLY 60 MINUTES
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
N/A - No authorization is required
99492-INITIAL PSYCHIATRIC COLLABORATIVE CARE MANAGEMENT, FIRST CALENDAR MONTH, FIRST 70 MINUTES
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
N/A - No authorization is required
99493-FOLLOW-UP PSYCHIATRIC COLLABORATIVE CARE MANAGEMENT, SUBSEQUENT CALENDAR MONTH, FIRST 60 MINUTES
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
N/A - No authorization is required
99494-PSYCHIATRIC COLLABORATIVE CARE MANAGEMENT PER CALENDAR MONTH, EACH ADDITIONAL 30 MINUTES
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
N/A - No authorization is required
Child Medical Evaluation and Medical Team Conference for Child Maltreatment
Child Medical Evaluation A Child Medical Evaluation (CME) is a medical evaluation where service is provided by a qualified physician, nurse practitioner (NP) or physician assistant (PA) rostered with the North Carolina Child Medical Evaluation Program (CMEP). A CME is provided at the request of child welfare services when they are completing an active assessment due to concerns for child maltreatment. Medical Team Conference A medical team conference for child maltreatment is a service provided by an interdisciplinary team of health care professionals, who work with health professionals or community agency representatives to coordinate care when there is suspected child maltreatment.
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.
Unit Value
One unit per day. One unit = one CME per occurrence. One unit per day. One unit = one medical team conference.
Limits
Limited to one CME per occurrence per day when child maltreatment is suspected.
Child maltreatment applies to children under 18 years of age.
Exclusions
CPT 99499 cannot be billed for an exam that is not referred by child welfare services.The service is billed on professional or institutional claims.
Place of Service
Inpatient hospital, Outpatient hospital, Office
Additional Service Specifics
Note: CPT code 99170-Anogenital exam, magnified, in childhood for suspected trauma, including image recording when performed, is included in the reimbursement for CPT code 99499, unless a colposcope is used.
Note: CPT code 99499 cannot be billed for an exam that is not referred by child welfare services.
Note: Physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants may only bill for a medical team conference when they are the provider that performed and billed for the child medical evaluation (99499) prior to the medical team conference.
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Resources
Home visit for prenatal monitoring and assessment to include fetal heart rate, non-stress test, uterine monitoring, and gestational diabetes monitoring
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.
Reauthorization Guidelines
See the Carolina Complete Health site for specific requirements
How to Submit
Please submit your request to Carolina Complete Health through Availity
1M-5 Home Visit for Postnatal Assessment and Follow-up Care
A home visit for postnatal assessment and follow-up care is designed to deliver health, social support, and/or educational services directly to families in their homes. A home visit for postnatal assessment and follow-up care is a means to follow up on the mother’s health; to counsel on family planning and infant care; and to arrange for additional appointments for the infant and mother.
The goals of the home visit for postnatal assessment and follow-up care are:
- a. to provide a key mechanism for reaching families early with preventive and anticipatory
services;
- b. to provide opportunities for timely referral of problems;
- c. to promote spacing of subsequent pregnancies; and
- d. to provide a link with women’s preventive health services.
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.
Unit Value
One visit per pregnancy
Limits
Covered within two to three weeks following the client's discharge from the hospital, but no later than 60 days after delivery.
Must be a one-to-one, face-to-face visit conducted in the client's home.
Reimbursed once per client per pregnancy.
Must be billed per date of service.
Exclusions
Coordination of care strategies must be identified by all caregivers to avoid duplication of services.
Diagnosis Requirements
The beneficiary must be a postpartum woman who receives Medicaid.
Place of Service
Beneficiary's home
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Resources
1M-4 Home visit for Newborn Care and Assessment
A home visit for newborn care and assessment delivers health, social support, and/or educational services directly to families in their homes. A home visit for newborn care and assessment is a means to follow up on the infant’s health; to counsel on infant care; to follow up on newborn screening; and to arrange for additional appointments for the infant.
The goals of the home visit for newborn care and assessment are:
- a. to provide a key mechanism for reaching families early with preventive and anticipatory
services;
- b. to provide opportunities for timely referral of problems; and
- c. to provide a link with children’s preventive health services.
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.
Unit Value
One visit – once per lifetime of newborn beneficiary
Limits
A home visit for newborn care and assessment is covered within two or three weeks following discharge from the hospital, but no later than 60 days after delivery.Eligible only for infants from birth through 60 days of age.
Covered within two or three weeks following discharge from the hospital, and no later than 60 days after delivery.
Must be a one-on-one, face-to-face visit conducted in the client's home.
Billing unit is one visit, once per lifetime of the newborn beneficiary.
Reimbursed once per lifetime.
Must be billed per date of service.
Exclusions
A home visit for newborn care and assessment must be a one-on-one, face-to-face visit conducted in the client’s home. This includes, but is not limited to, assessment, counseling, teaching, and referral to other service providers for additional services. A home visit for newborn care and assessment must follow the curriculum requirements outlined on the Newborn Home Visit form. In addition, an infant cannot receive both the home visit for newborn care and assessment and the EPSDT home visit for newborn care and assessment.
Place of Service
Beneficiary's home
How to Submit
N/A - No authorization is required
Resources
Home visit for respiratory therapy care (eg, bronchodilator, oxygen therapy, respiratory assessment, apnea evaluation)
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 Carolina Complete Health through Availity
Home visit for mechanical ventilation care
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 Carolina Complete Health through Availity
Home visit for stoma care and maintenance including colostomy and cystostomy
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.
Reauthorization Guidelines
See the Carolina Complete Health site for specific requirements
How to Submit
Please submit your request to Carolina Complete Health through Availity
Home visit for intramuscular injections
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.
Reauthorization Guidelines
See the Carolina Complete Health site for specific requirements
How to Submit
Please submit your request to Carolina Complete Health through Availity
Home visit for care and maintenance of catheter(s) (eg, urinary, drainage, and enteral)
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.
Reauthorization Guidelines
See the Carolina Complete Health site for specific requirements
How to Submit
Please submit your request to Carolina Complete Health through Availity
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