CommercialJune 14, 2018
Updates to AIM Musculoskeletal Program Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines
Beginning with dates of service on and after July 1, 2018, the following updates will apply to AIM Musculoskeletal Program Clinical Appropriateness Guidelines:
Spine Surgery guideline:
Cervical decompression with or without fusion:
- Added osteotomy and corpectomy definitions
- Clarified implant/instrumentation failure
Lumbar fusion and treatment of spinal deformity (including scoliosis and kyphosis):
- Added osteotomy and corpectomy definitions
Spinal stenosis:
- Removed bilateral or wide decompression
Interventional Pain Management guideline:
Epidural injection procedures and diagnostic selective nerve root blocks:
- Added prior authorization exemption for CPT codes 62320 and 62322 when used for post-procedural pain with certain ICD-10-CM diagnoses
Repeat therapeutic epidural steroid injections, clarified initial injection as therapeutic:
- Clarified injection sessions for procedural requirements
Paravertebral facet injection/nerve block/neurolysis:
- Increased procedural limitation for diagnostic medial branch blocks
- Increased procedural limitation for therapeutic intraarticular facet joint injections and clarified requirement for conservative treatment between injections
Sacroiliac joint injections:
- Added HCPCS code G0260
Ordering and servicing providers may submit prior authorization requests to AIM in one of the following ways:
- Access AIM ProviderPortalSM directly at providerportal.com. Online access is available 24/7 to process orders in real-time, and is the fastest and most convenient way to request authorization.
- Access AIM via the Availity Web Portal at availity.com
- Call the AIM Contact Center toll-free number: 1-866-714-1103, Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. ET
For questions related to guidelines, please contact AIM via email at aim.guidelines@aimspecialtyhealth.com. Additionally, you may access and download a copy of the current guidelines here.
PUBLICATIONS: June 2018 BCBSGa Provider Newsletter
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