UnitedHealthcare prior authorization, page 5

Requirements

Commercial, Medicare Advantage, Community Plan, and Exchange each need their own source. This page does not use one requirement sentence for all four. The long descriptor is blank because no AMA-licensed CPT file was available to copy.

Commercial

Prior authorization codes

Prior authorization codes
CodeDescriptionSource
33257Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33258Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33259Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33261Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33390Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33391Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33404Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33414Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33415Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33416Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33417Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33465Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33468Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33476Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33478Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33500Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33501Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33502Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33503Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33504Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33505Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33506Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33507Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33600Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33602Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33606Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33608Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33610Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33611Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33612Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33615Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33617Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33619Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33620Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33622Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33641Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33645Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33647Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33660Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33665Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33670Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33675Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33676Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33677Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33681Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33684Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33688Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33690Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33692Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy
33694Congenital heart diseasePrior authorization requirements for UnitedHealthcare commercial plans, Pg 7 Original policy

UnitedHealthcare commercial advance notification and prior authorization requirements

Medicare Advantage

No reviewed Medicare Advantage code row is on this page. Medicare Advantage does not inherit the commercial row above.

Community Plan

No reviewed Community Plan code row is on this page. Community Plan does not inherit the commercial row above.

Exchange

No reviewed Exchange code row is on this page. Exchange does not inherit the commercial row above.

Forms

UnitedHealthcare prior authorization and advance notification plan requirements

Updates

Commercial removal supplement
CodeLong descriptorCode systemPlan scopeOutcomeSource
0006MCPTCommercial plans covered by the October removal supplementRemovedNo under this removal notice, effective October 1, 2026Removal does not establish coverage or code billability; check member-specific exceptions.p. 1, Global CPT codes; introduction establishes removal of PA.

Sources

Disclaimer

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