Medical Policy Implementation: Radiofrequency Joint Ablation/Denervation
Effective December 10, 2019, Horizon BCBSNJ will change the way we consider certain professional claims based on the implementation of our new¹ medical policy, Radiofrequency Joint Ablation/Denervation.
Access our Medical Policy Manual to review this medical policy content.²
Claims submitted for services provided on and after December 10, 2019 to patients enrolled in Horizon BCBSNJ commercial, Administrative Services Only (ASO) or Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will be processed as follows.
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Based on the submitted diagnosis code(s), information may be requested to help us determine the medical appropriateness of the services represented by CPT® code 64640. Following our review of medical record information, these services may be denied as not medically necessary.
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Regardless of the submitted diagnosis code(s), information will be requested to help us determine the medical appropriateness of the services represented by CPT code 64620. Following our review of medical record information, these services may be denied as not medically necessary.
Unless Horizon BCBSNJ gives written notice that all or part of the above changes have been canceled or postponed, the changes will be applied to claims for dates of service on and after December 10, 2019.
CPT® is a registered mark of the American Medical Association.
¹ The content of this new policy includes guidelines/information included in recently retired medical policies, Radiofrequency Facet Joint Denervation for Chronic Back and Neck Pain and Sacroiliac Joint Denervation
² The content of Horizon BCBSNJ medical policies that apply to Horizon BCBSNJ MA plans may include reference to pertinent National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) and/or Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs). We follow Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) guidelines, NCDs and/or LCDs in our processing of claims for services provided to our MA members. For those services where no LCD or NCD exists, claims for MA members will be processed based on our policy guidelines.