Cigna Precertification Updates

April 2019 ~

Cigna has issued several updates to its precertification list for April 2019.

Codes added to the precertification list as of January 1, 2019

› 101 new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) codes that were released by the American Medical Association (AMA)

› 71 new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes that were released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

› Nine (9) existing CPT codes

Codes removed from the precertification list on January 1, 2019

› No codes were removed from the precertification list.

An online list of monthly precertification updates, as well as the complete list of services that require precertification of coverage, can be accessed at Cigna for Health Care Professionals.

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Source(s): Cigna Network News;