S9379, Home infusion therapy, infusion therapy, not otherwise classified;
HCPCS/CPT
Prior Authorization
No Prior Auth Required
Code is covered without prior authorization (high confidence)
Medicare Pricing
Work RVU
0.00
Facility
N/A
Non-Facility
N/A
Documentation Required
- Record that home visits take place during the same period the infusion therapy is ordered/being administered.
- Documentation of failed conservative treatments (oral and/or rectal medications and/or non‑pharmacological therapies).
- For reauthorization requests, documentation by the ordering provider showing reassessment of the member and rationale/clinical need for continued infusion therapy.
- Documented blood pressure readings showing ≥140/90 mm Hg on two occasions at least four hours apart with dates/times and gestational age >20 weeks (or postpartum status and date of delivery).
Key Coverage Criteria
- I. Home health services are consideredmedically necessarywhenallof the followingcriteriaA through Dare met:
- The individual is confined to the home:The individual’s overall physical/medical condition poses a serious and significant impediment to receiving intermittent or occasional, skilled, medically necessary services outside the home setting. In general, the condition of these individuals should be such that there exists a normal inability to leave home and, consequently, leaving home would require a considerable and taxing effort;andIf the individual does in fact leave the home, the absences from t [...]
- The individual’s overall physical/medical condition poses a serious and significant impediment to receiving intermittent or occasional, skilled, medically necessary services outside the home setting. In general, the condition of these individuals should be such that there exists a normal inability to leave home and, consequently, leaving home would require a considerable and taxing effort;and
- If the individual does in fact leave the home, the absences from the home are infrequent or for periods of relatively short duration, or are attributable to the need to receive health care treatment. The following are examples of acceptable medical and non-medical absences (these examples are not all-inclusive and are provided as a means to illustrate the kinds of infrequent or unique events an individual may attend):Medical absences to receive health care treatment, including but not limited to [...]
- Medical absences to receive health care treatment, including but not limited to:Ongoing receipt of outpatient kidney dialysis;orReceipt of outpatient chemotherapy or radiation therapy;orParticipation in psychosocial or medical treatment in an adult day-care program that is licensed or certified by a state, or accredited, to furnish adult day-care services;or
- Ongoing receipt of outpatient kidney dialysis;or
2 Active Policies
ANTHEM-CG-MED-23, CG-MED-23 Home Health
AMBETTER-CP.MP.91, Obstetrical Home Care Programs
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