Prior Authorization Requirement for Unlisted CPT Codes
Effective July 21, 2025, Meridian will begin requiring prior authorization for all unlisted Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes. This change is being implemented to ensure that services billed under unlisted codes are medically necessary, appropriately documented, and consistent with current clinical standards.
Code | Code Description |
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01999 | UNLISTED ANES PROC |
76496 | UNLISTED FLUOROSCOPIC PROCEDURE |
76499 | UNLISTED DX RADIOGRAPHIC PROC |
76999 | UNLISTED ULTRASOUND PROCEDURE |
77299 | UNLISTED PROC THERAP RAD CLINICAL TX PLANNING |
77399 | UNLIST PROC MED RAD PHYSICS/DOSIMETRY & TX DEVIC |
77499 | UNLISTED PROC THERAP RAD CLINICAL TX MGMT |
77799 | UNLISTED PROC CLINICAL BRACHYTHERAP |
78099 | UNLISTED ENDOCRINE PROC DX NUCLEAR MEDS |
78199 | UNLIST HEMATOPOIETIC & LYMPHATIC PROC-DX NUCLEAR |
78299 | UNLISTED GI PROC DX NUCLEAR MEDS |
78399 | UNLISTED MS PROC DX NUCLEAR MEDS |
78599 | UNLISTED RESPIRATORY PROC DX NUCLEAR MEDS |
78699 | UNLISTED NERV SYST PROC DX NUCLEAR MEDS |
90999 | UNLISTED DIALYSIS PROC INPT/OUTPT |
19499 | UNLISTED PROC BREAST |
81099 | UNLISTED UA PROC |
84999 | UNLISTED CHEM PROC |
85999 | UNLISTED HEMATOLOGY & COAGULATION PROC |
86849 | UNLISTED IMMUNOLOGY PROC |
86999 | UNLISTED TRANSFUSION MEDS PROC |
87999 | UNLISTED MICROBIOLOGY PROC |
88099 | UNLISTED NECROPSY PROC |
88199 | UNLISTED CYTOPATHOLOGY PROC |
88399 | UNLISTED SURG PATH PROC |
89240 | UNLIST MISCELLANEOUS PATHOLOGY TEST |
89398 | UNLISTED REPROD MED LAB PROC |
20999 | UNLISTED PROC MS SYST GEN |
21089 | UNLISTED MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTH PROC |
21499 | UNLISTED MS PROC HEAD |
21899 | UNLISTED PROC NECK/THORAX |
22999 | UNLISTED PROC ABD MS SYST |
23929 | UNLISTED PROC SHOULDER |
24999 | UNLISTED PROC HUMERUS/ELBOW |
27599 | UNLISTED PROC FEMUR/KNEE |
28899 | UNLISTED PROC FT/TOES |
29799 | UNLISTED PROC CASTING/STRAPPING |
30999 | UNLISTED PROC NOSE |
31299 | UNLISTED PROC ACCES SINUSES |
31599 | UNLISTED PROC LARYNX |
31899 | UNLISTED PROC TRACHEA BRONCHI |
32999 | UNLISTED PROC LUNGS & PLEURA |
36299 | UNLISTED PROC VASCULAR INJ |
37501 | UNLISTED VASCULAR ENDOSCOPY PROC |
37799 | UNLISTED PROC VASCULAR SURG |
38129 | UNLISTED LAPAROSCOPY SPLEEN |
38589 | UNLISTED LAP PROC-LYMPHATIC SYST |
38999 | UNLISTED PROC HEMIC/LYMPHATIC SYST |
39499 | UNLISTED PROC MEDIASTINUM |
39599 | UNLISTED PROC DIAPHRAGM |
40799 | UNLISTED PROC LIPS |
40899 | UNLISTED PROC VESTIBULE MOUTH |
42299 | UNLISTED PROC PALATE UVULA |
42699 | UNLISTED PROC SALIVARY GLANDS/DUCTS |
42999 | UNLISTED PROC PHARYNX/ADENOIDS/TONSILS |
43289 | UNLISTED LAPAROSCOPY ESOPHAGUS |
43499 | UNLISTED PROC ESOPHAGUS |
43659 | UNLISTED LAPAROSCOPY STOMACH |
44238 | UNLISTED LAP PROC INTEST NO RECTUM |
44899 | UNLISTED PROC MECKEL'S DIVERTIC & MESENTERY |
44979 | UNLISTED LAPAROSCOPY APPENDIX |
45399 | UNLISTED PROCEDURE COLON |
45499 | UNLIS LAPS PX RECTUM |
47379 | UNL LAP PROC LIVER |
47399 | UNLISTED PROC LIVER |
48999 | UNLISTED PROC PANCREAS |
49329 | UNLISTED LAPAROSCOPY ABDOMENT PERITONEUM OMENTUM |
49659 | UNLISTED LAPAROSCOPY HERNIOPLASTY HERNIORRHAPHY HERNIOTOMY |
49999 | UNLISTED PROC ABD PERITONEUM & OMENTUM |
50549 | UNLISTED LAPAROSCOPY RENAL |
50949 | UNL LAP PROC-URETER |
53899 | UNLISTED PROC URIN SYST |
54699 | UNLISTED LAPAROSCOPY TESTIS |
55559 | UNLISTED LAPAROSCOPY SPERMATIC CORD |
55899 | UNLISTED PROC MALE GENIT SYST |
58578 | UNLISTED LAPAROSCOPY UTERUS |
58579 | UNLISTED HYSTERSCOPY UTERUS |
58679 | UNLISTED LAPAROSCOPY OVIDUCT OVARY |
58999 | UNLISTED PROC FE GENIT SYST |
59897 | UNLIST FETL INVASV PROC W/US GUID |
59898 | UNLISTED LAPAROSCOPY MATERNITY CARE AND DELIVERY |
59899 | UNLISTED PROC MATERN CARE & DELIV |
60659 | UNLISTED LAPAROSCOPY ENDOCRINE SYSTEM |
60699 | UNLISTED PROC ENDOCRINE SYST |
67299 | UNLISTED PROC POST SEGMT |
67999 | UNLISTED PROC EYELIDS |
68399 | UNLISTED PROC CONJUNC |
68899 | UNLISTED PROC LACRIMAL SYST |
69399 | UNLISTED PROC EXT EAR |
69799 | UNLISTED PROC MID EAR |
69949 | UNLISTED PROC INNER EAR |
69979 | UNLISTED PROC TEMPORAL BONE-MID FOSSA APPROACH |
90399 | UNLISTED IMMUNE GLOBULIN |
90899 | UNLISTED PSYCH SERV/PROC |
91299 | UNLISTED DX GASTROENTEROLOGY PROC |
92700 | UNLIST OTORHINOLARYNGOLOG SRVC/PROC |
92499 | UNLISTED OPHTH SERV/PROC |