Blue Cross Blue Shield Oklahoma prior authorization, page 20
CPT code lookup
Each row is one code from the public prior authorization list. The description is the procedure or service name on that source row. This is not a coverage decision.
Prior authorization codes
| Code | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 22810 | Arthrodesis Anterior For Spinal Deformity With Or Without Cast; 4 To 7 Vertebral Segments | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 167 Original policy |
| 22812 | Arthrodesis Anterior For Spinal Deformity With Or Without Cast; 8 Or More Vertebral Segments | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 167 Original policy |
| 22818 | Kyphectomy Circumferential Exposure Of Spine And Resection Of Vertebral Segment(S) (Including Body And Posterior Elements); Single Or 2 Segments | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 167 Original policy |
| 22819 | Kyphectomy Circumferential Exposure Of Spine And Resection Of Vertebral Segment(S) (Including Body And Posterior Elements); 3 Or More Segments | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 167 Original policy |
| 22830 | Exploration Of Spinal Fusion | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 167 Original policy |
| 22840 | Posterior Non-Segmental Instrumentation (Eg Harrington Rod Technique Pedicle Fixation Across 1 Interspace Atlantoaxial Transarticular Screw Fixation Sublaminar Wiring At C1 Facet Screw Fixation) (List Separately In Addition To Code For Primary Procedure) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 167 Original policy |
| 22841 | Internal Spinal Fixation By Wiring Of Spinous Processes (List Separately In Addition To Code For Primary Procedure) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 167 Original policy |
| 22842 | Posterior Segmental Instrumentation (Eg Pedicle Fixation Dual Rods With Multiple Hooks And Sublaminar Wires); 3 To 6 Vertebral Segments (List Separately In Addition To Code For Primary Procedure) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 168 Original policy |
| 22843 | Posterior Segmental Instrumentation (Eg Pedicle Fixation Dual Rods With Multiple Hooks And Sublaminar Wires); 7 To 12 Vertebral Segments (List Separately In Addition To Code For Primary Procedure) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 168 Original policy |
| 22844 | Posterior Segmental Instrumentation (Eg Pedicle Fixation Dual Rods With Multiple Hooks And Sublaminar Wires); 13 Or More Vertebral Segments (List Separately In Addition To Code For Primary Procedure) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 168 Original policy |
| 22845 | Anterior Instrumentation; 2 To 3 Vertebral Segments (List Separately In Addition To Code For Primary Procedure) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 168 Original policy |
| 22846 | Anterior Instrumentation; 4 To 7 Vertebral Segments (List Separately In Addition To Code For Primary Procedure) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 168 Original policy |
| 22847 | Anterior Instrumentation; 8 Or More Vertebral Segments (List Separately In Addition To Code For Primary Procedure) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 168 Original policy |
| 22848 | Pelvic Fixation (Attachment Of Caudal End Of Instrumentation To Pelvic Bony Structures) Other Than Sacrum (List Separately In Addition To Code For Primary Procedure) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 168 Original policy |
| 22849 | Reinsertion Of Spinal Fixation Device | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 168 Original policy |
| 22853 | Insertion Of Interbody Biomechanical Device(S) (Eg Synthetic Cage Mesh) With Integral Anterior Instrumentation For Device Anchoring (Eg Screws Flanges) When Performed To Intervertebral Disc Space In Conjunction With Interbody Arthrodesis Each Interspace (List Separately In Addition To Code For Primary Procedure) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 169 Original policy |
| 22854 | Insertion Of Intervertebral Biomechanical Device(S) (Eg Synthetic Cage Mesh) With Integral Anterior Instrumentation For Device Anchoring (Eg Screws Flanges) When Performed To Vertebral Corpectomy(Ies) (Vertebral Body Resection Partial Or Complete) Defect In Conjunction With Interbody Arthrodesis Each Contiguous Defect (List Separately In Addition To Code For Primary Procedure) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 169 Original policy |
| 22856 | Total Disc Arthroplasty (Artificial Disc) Anterior Approach Including Discectomy With End Plate Preparation (Includes Osteophytectomy For Nerve Root Or Spinal Cord Decompression And Microdissection); Single Interspace Cervical | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 169 Original policy |
| 22857 | Total Disc Arthroplasty (Artificial Disc) Anterior Approach Including Discectomy To Prepare Interspace (Other Than For Decompression); Single Interspace Lumbar | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 169 Original policy |
| 22858 | Total Disc Arthroplasty (Artificial Disc) Anterior Approach Including Discectomy With End Plate Preparation (Includes Osteophytectomy For Nerve Root Or Spinal Cord Decompression And Microdissection); Second Level Cervical (List Separately In Addition To Code For Primary Procedure) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 170 Original policy |
| 22859 | Insertion Of Intervertebral Biomechanical Device(S) (Eg Synthetic Cage Mesh Methylmethacrylate) To Intervertebral Disc Space Or Vertebral Body Defect Without Interbody Arthrodesis Each Contiguous Defect (List Separately In Addition To Code For Primary Procedure) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 170 Original policy |
| 22860 | Total Disc Arthroplasty (Artificial Disc) Anterior Approach Including Discectomy To Prepare Interspace (Other Than For Decompression); Second Interspace Lumbar (List Separately In Addition To Code For Primary Procedure) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 170 Original policy |
| 22861 | Revision Including Replacement Of Total Disc Arthroplasty (Artificial Disc) Anterior Approach Single Interspace; Cervical | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 170 Original policy |
| 22862 | Revision Including Replacement Of Total Disc Arthroplasty (Artificial Disc) Anterior Approach Single Interspace; Lumbar | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 170 Original policy |
| 22864 | Removal Of Total Disc Arthroplasty (Artificial Disc) Anterior Approach Single Interspace; Cervical | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 171 Original policy |
| 22865 | Removal Of Total Disc Arthroplasty (Artificial Disc) Anterior Approach Single Interspace; Lumbar | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 171 Original policy |
| 23105 | Arthrotomy; Glenohumeral Joint With Synovectomy With Or Without Biopsy | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 171 Original policy |
| 23107 | Arthrotomy Glenohumeral Joint With Joint Exploration With Or Without Removal Of Loose Or Foreign Body | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 171 Original policy |
| 23120 | Claviculectomy; Partial | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 171 Original policy |
| 23410 | Repair Of Ruptured Musculotendinous Cuff (Eg Rotator Cuff) Open; Acute | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 171 Original policy |
| 23412 | Repair Of Ruptured Musculotendinous Cuff (Eg Rotator Cuff) Open; Chronic | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 171 Original policy |
| 23415 | Coracoacromial Ligament Release With Or Without Acromioplasty | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 171 Original policy |
| 23420 | Reconstruction Of Complete Shoulder (Rotator) Cuff Avulsion Chronic (Includes Acromioplasty) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 171 Original policy |
| 23430 | Tenodesis Of Long Tendon Of Biceps | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 171 Original policy |
| 23440 | Resection Or Transplantation Of Long Tendon Of Biceps | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 171 Original policy |
| 23450 | Capsulorrhaphy Anterior; Putti-Platt Procedure Or Magnuson Type Operation | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 171 Original policy |
| 23455 | Capsulorrhaphy Anterior; With Labral Repair (Eg Bankart Procedure) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 171 Original policy |
| 23460 | Capsulorrhaphy Anterior Any Type; With Bone Block | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 171 Original policy |
| 23462 | Capsulorrhaphy Anterior Any Type; With Coracoid Process Transfer | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 172 Original policy |
| 23465 | Capsulorrhaphy Glenohumeral Joint Posterior With Or Without Bone Block | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 172 Original policy |
| 23466 | Capsulorrhaphy Glenohumeral Joint Any Type Multidirectional Instability | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 172 Original policy |
| 23470 | Arthroplasty Glenohumeral Joint; Hemiarthroplasty | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 172 Original policy |
| 23472 | Arthroplasty Glenohumeral Joint; Total Shoulder (Glenoid And Proximal Humeral Replacement (Eg Total Shoulder)) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 172 Original policy |
| 23473 | Revision Of Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Including Allograft When Performed; Humeral Or Glenoid Component | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 172 Original policy |
| 23474 | Revision Of Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Including Allograft When Performed; Humeral And Glenoid Component | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 172 Original policy |
| 23700 | Manipulation Under Anesthesia Shoulder Joint Including Application Of Fixation Apparatus (Dislocation Excluded) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 172 Original policy |
| 27120 | Acetabuloplasty; (Eg Whitman Colonna Haygroves Or Cup Type) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 172 Original policy |
| 27122 | Acetabuloplasty; Resection Femoral Head (Eg Girdlestone Procedure) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 172 Original policy |
| 27125 | Hemiarthroplasty Hip Partial (Eg Femoral Stem Prosthesis Bipolar Arthroplasty) | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 172 Original policy |
| 27130 | Arthroplasty Acetabular And Proximal Femoral Prosthetic Replacement (Total Hip Arthroplasty) With Or Without Autograft Or Allograft | 2026 Commercial Outpatient Medical Surgical Fully Insured Prior Authorization Codes, Pg 173 Original policy |