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UnitedHealthcare Announces Changes That Limit Your Hysterectomy Choices

Published on Tue Apr 14, 2015

If you’re reporting anything other than 58260-58294, prepare for a denial. If your ob-gyns perform hysterectomies for UnitedHealthcare patients, then you need to understand this important coverage determination that will limit your ob-gyn’s approach. Effective April 6, 2015, UnitedHealthcare, UnitedHealthcare West Commercial and their Medicare Plans will require prior authorization for abdominal and laparoscopic approach hysterectomies. This is being done, [...]
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