Medica policy

New Patient Visit

New Patient Visit is a public Medica policy (policy RP-P-580X, effective Feb 13, 2012). It lists 10 CPT or HCPCS codes. Not a coverage decision; the payer's own document governs.

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Payer: Medica
Policy number: RP-P-580X
Effective: Feb 13, 2012
Line of business: Commercial, Medicaid
Source: partner.medica.com

Codes in this policy

The CPT and HCPCS codes the policy names. A policy can name a code it excludes.

Code	Other Medica policies
97161	Policies naming 97161
97162	Policies naming 97162
97163	Policies naming 97163
97164	Policies naming 97164
97165	Policies naming 97165
97166	Policies naming 97166
97167	Policies naming 97167
97168	Policies naming 97168
99201	Policies naming 99201
99499	Policies naming 99499

All Medica policies

Disclaimer

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