Does 51715 require prior authorization?

No, 51715 does not require prior authorization (high confidence). Code is covered without prior authorization.

What is the Medicare reimbursement rate for 51715?

Medicare facility rate: $176.36. Non-facility rate: $346.37. Work RVU: 3.64.

HCPCS/CPT

No Prior Auth Required

Code is covered without prior authorization (high confidence)

Work RVU

3.64

Facility

$176.36

Non-Facility

$346.37

For post-transplant cases: documentation of symptomatic VUR after renal transplantation and relevant transplant/graft function data.
Documentation of number of endoscopic injection treatment sessions and treatment response; if no improvement after 3 sessions, further treatments are not considered medically necessary.
Appropriate coding documentation linking procedure codes (e.g., CPT 52327) to covered diagnosis codes (ICD-10 N13.70–N13.9) and to the clinical justification meeting the selection criteria.
Documentation of failure of conservative treatments (e.g., prophylactic antibiotics and clean intermittent catheterization) prior to endoscopic injection.

Endoscopic injection of dextranomer/hyaluronic acid copolymer (Deflux), polydimethylsiloxane (Macroplastique), polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon), or other bulking agents approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is medically necessary for the treatment of members with primary or secondary VUR who have any of the following conditions when conservative treatments (e.g., prophylactic antibiotics and clean intermittent catheterization) have failed:
Members with primary VUR (when conservative treatments have failed).
Members with secondary VUR (when conservative treatments have failed).
Children who have had a previously unsuccessful ureteral re-implantation.
Children who have stopped taking their medication as a result of drug intolerance or parental non-compliance.
Children whose reflux is associated with a thick-walled neuropathic bladder.

AMBETTER-CP.MP.142 — Urinary Incontinence Devices and Treatments

AETNA-CPB-0534 — Vesicoureteral Reflux Treatment by Endoscopic Injection of Bulking Agents

ANTHEM-SURG.00010 — SURG.00010 Treatments for Urinary Incontinence

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