Does L51.1 require prior authorization?

No, L51.1 does not require prior authorization (high confidence). Covered without prior authorization.

`L51.1`, Stevens-Johnson syndrome

ICD-10-CM

No Prior Auth Required

Covered without prior authorization (high confidence)

Claims missing required NOC narrative information or with incorrect unit reporting will be rejected as unprocessable and may show remark code M123.
All documentation must be maintained in the patient's medical record, be legible, include complete patient identification and dates of service, and be produced upon contractor request.
Medical records must include the legible signature of the physician or non-physician practitioner responsible for the care.
The submitted medical record must support the ICD-10-CM code(s), the CPT/HCPCS code(s) billed, and the medical necessity of services as stated in the applicable NCD and LCD.

Billing and coding guidance in this article applies when immune globulin use meets the reasonable and necessary coverage criteria established in LCD L35093.
IVIG is covered only for indications specified as covered in the related Local Coverage Determination (LCD) and when medical necessity criteria in that LCD are met.
Coverage requires documentation that the immune globulin therapy is reasonable and necessary in accordance with LCD L34007 and applicable NCDs.
Off-label IVIG use may be billed when supported by the applicable Local Coverage Determination (LCD) and by documentation of medical necessity; off-label is defined as not in Medicare-approved compendia or the FDA label.
IVIG may be used in bone marrow/stem cell transplantation when the recipient was CMV seropositive before transplantation, or after allogeneic transplantation for hematologic neoplasm when both donor and recipient were CMV seronegative.
IVIG may be used in solid organ transplantation when the donor was CMV seropositive and the recipient was CMV seronegative prior to transplantation.

WPS-J5-L34771, Immune Globulins

A57554, Billing and Coding: Immune Globulins

A59105, Billing and Coding: Off-Label Use of Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG)

NGS-J6-L39314, Off-Label Use of Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG)

WPS-J8-L34771

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