Does R10.30 require prior authorization?

No, R10.30 does not require prior authorization (high confidence). Covered without prior authorization.

`R10.30`, Lower abdominal pain, unspecified

ICD-10-CM

No Prior Auth Required

Covered without prior authorization (high confidence)

The submitted CPT/HCPCS code must accurately describe the service performed.
All documentation must be maintained in the patient medical record and made available to the contractor upon request.
Every page of the record must be legible and include appropriate patient identification information (e.g., complete name, dates of service).
The documentation must include the legible signature of the physician or non-physician practitioner responsible for and providing the care.

Diagnostic colonoscopy is covered when the service meets the reasonable and necessary requirements specified in Local Coverage Determination L33671.
Regional or local nerve blocks performed as an adjunct to, or as the sole means of, regional/local anesthesia for an operative procedure are not affected by this noncoverage policy (i.e., such intraoperative regional/local anesthesia is allowed).
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is covered when it meets the reasonable and necessary requirements specified in Local Coverage Determination L33583.
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.
Duplex scanning is covered only when it meets the reasonable and necessary requirements specified in Local Coverage Determination L33674.

A58963, Billing and Coding: Multiplex Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel (GPP) Tests for Acute Gastroenteritis (AGE)

NGS-J6-L36850, Peripheral Nerve Blocks

A57452, Billing and Coding: Peripheral Nerve Blocks

NGS-J6-L39226, Multiplex Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel (GPP) Tests for Acute Gastroenteritis (AGE)

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