The orthopedic procedures eligible for UnitedHealthcare's gold-card program

Orthopedic

On Sept. 1, UnitedHealthcare released a list of procedures that will be eligible for its new physician gold-card program. 

The program aims to save patients and providers time by allowing qualifying providers to skip the prior authorization process for a number of procedure codes. The program is set to launch Oct. 1. 

Here are the orthopedic procedure codes that will be eligible for the new program: 

24365: Arthroplasty radial head 

25441: Arthroplasty with prosthetic replacement distal radius 

25442: Arthroplasty with prosthetic replacement distal ulna 

25443: Arthroplasty with prosthetic replacement scaphoid carpal

25444: Arthroplasty with prosthetic replacement lunate

25446: Arthroplasty with prosthetic wrist replacement     

25449: Removal of wrist joint implant     

27416: Osteochondral autograft knee open mosaicplasty 

27488: Removal prosthetic total knee MMA with or without INSJ spacer

27702: Arthroplasty ankle with implant                

29843: Arthroscopy WRIST infection lavage and drainage  

29851: Arthroscopy aid TX spine/FX knee with FIXJ       

29856: Arthritis aid tibial FX prox unicondylar bicondylar 

29866: Arthroscopy knee osteochondral allograft mosiacplasty 

29867: Arthroscopy knee osteochondral allograft 

73200: CT upper extremity without contrast material         

73201: CT upper extremity with contrast material           

73202: CT upper extremity with and without contrast material       

73221: MRI any joint upper extremity without contrast material 

73222: MRI any joint upper extremity with contrast material

73223: MRI any joint upper extremity without contrast material 

73225: MRA upper extremity with or without contrast material 

73700: CT lower extremity without contrast material 

73701: CT lower extremity with contrast material         

73702: CT lower extremity with or without contrast material   

73721: MRI any joint lower extremity without contrast material      

73722: MRI any joint lower extremity with contrast material

73723: MRI any joint lower extremity without and with contrast material

73725: MRA lower extremity with or without contrast material

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