On Sept. 1, UnitedHealthcare released a list of procedures that will be eligible for its new physician gold card program, which 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 on Oct. 1.
Here are the spine procedure codes that will be eligible:
72125: CT cervical spine without contrast material
72126: CT cervical spine with contrast material
72127: CT cervical spine with or without contrast material
72128: CT thoracic spine without contrast material
72129: CT thoracic spine with contrast material
72130: CT thoracic spine with or without contrast material
72131: CT lumbar spine without contrast material
72132: CT lumbar spine with contrast material
72133: CT lumbar spine with or without contrast material
72141: MRI spinal canal cervical without contrast material
72142: MRI spinal canal cervical with contrast material
72146: MRI spinal canal thoracic without contrast material
72147: MRI spinal canal thoracic with contrast material
72148: MRI spinal canal lumbar without contrast material
72149: MRI spinal canal lumbar with contrast material
72156: MRI spinal canal cervical with or without contrast material
72157: MRI spinal canal thoracic with or without contrast material
72158: MRI spinal canal lumbar with or without contrast material
72159: MRA spinal canal with or without contrast material
29851: Arthroscopy aid TX spine/FX knee with fixed joint