0789T CPT® code: payer coverage and prior authorization

Payer policies and prior authorization for 0789T

1 of 1 payer prior-auth lists that name 0789T require prior authorization or set conditions: HealthSpring.

PayerPlanStatePrior authConditionsSinceSource
HealthSpringMedicare AdvantageAllprior auth requiredAug 1, 20262026 Q4 Prior Authorization List

Payer coverage policies that name 0789T

0789T appears in 7 coverage policies from Aetna, Capital Blue Cross, Health Care Service Corporation (BCBS IL, TX, OK, NM, MT), Regence.

PayerPolicyRole in policyReviewedDocument
AetnaIntraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (0697)not covered (range 0784T-0789T)Jun 19, 2026payer document
Capital Blue CrossSacral Nerve Neuromodulation-Stimulation (MP 1.033)
Procedure codes
covered if criteria are metMay 1, 2026payer document
Health Care Service Corporation (BCBS IL, TX, OK, NM, MT)Category III Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Codes
CPT Codes 0054T, 0055T, 0071T, 0072T, 0075T, 0076T, 0095T, 0098T, 0100T, 0101T,
listed, no stanceJan 1, 2027payer document
Health Care Service Corporation (BCBS IL, TX, OK, NM, MT)Sacral Nerve Neuromodulation/Stimulation (SUR710.018)
CPT Codes 64561, 64581, 64585, 64590, 64595, 95970, 95971, 0786T, 0787T, 0788T,
listed, no stanceOct 15, 2026payer document
Health Care Service Corporation (BCBS IL, TX, OK, NM, MT)Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) and Dorsal Root Ganglion (DRG) Stimulation (SUR712.009)
CPT Codes 63650, 63655, 63661, 63662, 63663, 63664, 63685, 63688, 95970,
listed, no stanceAug 1, 2026payer document
RegenceSacral Nerve Neuromodulation (Stimulation) for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (Surgery 134)listed, no stanceOct 1, 2025payer document
RegenceSpinal Cord and Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation (Surgery 45)listed, no stanceMar 1, 2026payer document

Recent prior-auth changes

  • Aug 1, 2026: PA added, HealthSpring

Medicaid fee-for-service

Prior authorization required or conditional in IN.

  • ND: $0.00 (physician), effective Aug 1, 2026
  • VT: $0.00 (outpatient_hospital_opps), effective Feb 1, 2026
  • WY: $0.00 (outpatient_hospital_apc, Children's Hospitals), effective Apr 1, 2026

From payers' published prior-auth lists, coverage policies and state Medicaid fee schedules, updated Oct 16, 2026. The role is what the policy's own code table or text says about the code. Not a guarantee of coverage or payment; verify with the payer. CPT® is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.