70488 coverage policies: Medicare and commercial payers

4 active Medicare policies list 70488, and 19 commercial payer policies list it. See each policy's status for the code and its official source. Listing a code is not a coverage decision: read each policy’s source for the requirements that apply.

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Medicare policies listing 70488

LCD · NORIDIAN-JE-L37373

MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

JE · Effective Oct 8, 2018

LCD · NORIDIAN-JF-L37373

MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

JF · Effective Oct 8, 2018

Article · A58559

Billing and Coding: Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities (IDTF)

National · Effective Aug 6, 2026

Article · A57204

Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

National · Effective Oct 1, 2026

Commercial payer policies listing 70488

19 policies from 14 payers

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Carelon Medical Benefits Management

Carelon Medical Benefits Management policies listing 70488, with the code’s status in each
Policy	Effective	Status of 70488
Imaging of the Head and NeckClinical Guideline · CARELON-IMAGING-OF-THE-HEAD-AND-NECK	Apr 4, 2026	Covered
Imaging of the Head and Neck [for Amerigroup Georgia Medicaid]Clinical Guideline · CARELON-IMAGING-OF-THE-HEAD-AND-NECK-SUPERSEDED	Apr 14, 2024	Covered
Oncologic ImagingClinical Guideline · CARELON-ONCOLOGIC-IMAGING	Apr 4, 2026	Covered
Oncologic Imaging [for Amerigroup Georgia Medicaid]Clinical Guideline · CARELON-ONCOLOGIC-IMAGING-SUPERSEDED	Nov 15, 2025	Covered
Site of Care for Advanced Imaging

Policy	Effective	Status of 70488
Cigna Commercial & Medicare Cardiology & Radiology Code ListPayerPolicy · EVICORE-HPLAN-CIGNA_MEDICARE-B17FDA871CCE	Jan 1, 2026	Prior auth required
Cigna OBM Radiology Code ListPayerPolicy · EVICORE-HPLAN-CIGNA_MEDICARE-8D36BD1DD145	Jan 1, 2026	Prior auth required

70488 coverage policies: Medicare and commercial payers

Medicare policies listing 70488

MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

Billing and Coding: Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities (IDTF)

Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

Commercial payer policies listing 70488

Carelon Medical Benefits Management

70488 coverage policies: Medicare and commercial payers

Medicare policies listing 70488

MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

Billing and Coding: Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities (IDTF)

Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

Commercial payer policies listing 70488

Carelon Medical Benefits Management

Cigna Medicare Advantage / HealthSpring

Aetna

BCBS Illinois

BCBS Montana

BCBS New Mexico

BCBS Oklahoma

EmblemHealth GHI

EOCCO / Moda Health

Health Alliance Plan

Health Partners Plans / Jefferson Health Plans

The Health Plan

UMR (UnitedHealthcare)

UnitedHealthcare