Does B20 require prior authorization?

No, B20 does not require prior authorization (high confidence). Code is covered without prior authorization.

`B20` — Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease

ICD-10-CM

No Prior Auth Required

Code is covered without prior authorization (high confidence)

The medical record must document the medical reasonableness, necessity, and clinical frequency of the diagnostic colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy and be available to the Contractor upon request.
Documentation must indicate the precise areas scoped and the depth reached during colonoscopy.
Refer to associated LCD L34614 and Medicare IOM for additional coverage and documentation guidance for colorectal cancer screening procedures.
For fundus photography, the medical record must document relevant medical history, physical examination, pertinent diagnostic test results, retention of the photographs, an interpretation/report, whether the pupil was dilated, and which drug was used; records must be legible and available to the carrier.

Diagnostic colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy is covered to directly visualize the lower gastrointestinal tract (colon, rectum, sigmoid) to detect polyps, tumors, or other intestinal lesions.
Diagnostic colonoscopy is covered when identification of the site of pathology and/or obtaining a biopsy during the procedure is clinically indicated.
A follow-on screening colonoscopy is covered after a positive covered blood-based biomarker noninvasive colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test per NCD 210.3, effective 2025-01-01.
Fundus photography is covered when medical necessity is documented in the medical record, including relevant history, exam, diagnostic test results, and retention of the photographs and an interpretation/report.
Extended ophthalmoscopy is covered when medical necessity is documented for each eye, including relevant history, physical exam, pertinent diagnostic results, and retinal drawings that meet the policy specifications.
Patients actively receiving intravitreal injections for exudative age-related macular degeneration (ICD H35.3210-H35.3213, H35.3220-H35.3223, H35.3230-H35.3233) may require and are covered for extended ophthalmoscopy.

A56795 — Billing and Coding: Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents (ESAs)

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L39044 — MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing

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A58761 — Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing

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L34771 — Immune Globulins

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