Does K63.5 require prior authorization?

No, K63.5 does not require prior authorization (high confidence). Code is covered without prior authorization.

`K63.5`, Polyp of colon

ICD-10-CM

No Prior Auth Required

Code is covered without prior authorization (high confidence)

The medical record must document the medical reasonableness, necessity, and clinical frequency of the diagnostic colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy and be available to the Contractor upon request.
Documentation must indicate the precise areas scoped and the depth reached during colonoscopy.
Refer to associated LCD L34614 and Medicare IOM for additional coverage and documentation guidance for colorectal cancer screening procedures.
The performing provider must maintain medical record documentation that clearly supports the medical necessity of the billed service and include that documentation in the patient's record for review upon request.

Diagnostic colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy is covered to directly visualize the lower gastrointestinal tract (colon, rectum, sigmoid) to detect polyps, tumors, or other intestinal lesions.
Diagnostic colonoscopy is covered when identification of the site of pathology and/or obtaining a biopsy during the procedure is clinically indicated.
A follow-on screening colonoscopy is covered after a positive covered blood-based biomarker noninvasive colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test per NCD 210.3, effective 2025-01-01.
CPT codes 64400-64530 for peripheral nerve blocks may be reported on the date of surgery when performed for postoperative pain management only if the operative anesthesia is general anesthesia, subarachnoid injection, or epidural injection and the adequacy of intraoperative anesthesia is not dependent on the peripheral nerve block.
Peripheral nerve block services that are separate, medically necessary services which cannot be rendered by the surgeon may be reported if the surgeon documents the reason for referral and the additional services are justified in the medical record.
Colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) may be billed when an instrument (optical) colonoscopy was attempted but was incomplete, documented by ICD-10-CM code Z53.8.

CGS-J15-L34081, Endoscopy by Capsule

J15

CGS-J15-L38777, Colon Capsule Endoscopy (CCE)

J15

CGS-J15-L34037, Flow Cytometry

J15

CGS-J15-L34005, Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy

J15

CGS-J18-L34037

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