22899 CPT® code: payer coverage and prior authorization100 of 100 payer prior-auth lists that name 22899 require prior authorization or set conditions: Blue Shield of California, CarePlus Health Plans, Cigna, HealthSpring, Humana, Molina Complete Care (Virginia), Molina Healthcare of Arizona, Molina Healthcare of California, Molina Healthcare of Florida, Molina Healthcare of Idaho, Molina Healthcare of Illinois, Molina Healthcare of Iowa, Molina Healthcare of Michigan, Molina Healthcare of Mississippi, Molina Healthcare of Nevada, Molina Healthcare of New Mexico, Molina Healthcare of Ohio, Molina Healthcare of South Carolina, Molina Healthcare of Texas, Molina Healthcare of Utah, and others.
22899 appears in 136 coverage policies from Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, Blue Cross NC, Blue Shield of California, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, Centene, Health Care Service Corporation (BCBS IL, TX, OK, NM, MT), Molina Healthcare, Premera Blue Cross, Regence, UnitedHealthcare.
| Payer | Policy | Role in policy | Reviewed | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (0697) | covered if criteria are met | Jun 19, 2026 | payer document |
| Aetna | Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (0697) | not covered (range 22010-22899) | Jun 19, 2026 | payer document |
| Aetna | Nerve Blocks (0863) | listed, no stance (range 22010-22899) | Jul 23, 2026 | payer document |
| Aetna | Remote Ischemic Conditioning (0814) | listed, no stance (range 20000-29999) | Nov 20, 2025 | payer document |
| Aetna | Skin and Soft Tissue Substitutes (0244) | not covered (range 20100-29999) | Jul 29, 2026 | payer document |
| Anthem | Axial Lumbar Interbody Fusion (SURG.00111) | unproven / investigational | May 14, 2026 | payer document |
| Anthem | Percutaneous Spinal Surgery (SURG.00071) | unproven / investigational | May 14, 2026 | payer document |
| Anthem | Percutaneous Vertebral Disc Procedures (SURG.00052) | unproven / investigational | May 14, 2026 | payer document |
| Anthem | Spinal Hardware: Investigational (SURG.00167) | unproven / investigational | Aug 13, 2026 | payer document |
| Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi | Interspinous Fixation Fusion Devices (A.7.01.138) | unproven / investigational | payer document | |
| Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi | Interventions For Progressive Scoliosis | unproven / investigational | payer document | |
| Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi | Nonpedicle Supplemental Fixation Device For Use In The Noncervical Spine (L.7.01.408) | unproven / investigational | payer document | |
| Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi | Percutaneous Intradiscal Electrothermal Annuloplasty Radiofrequency Annuloplasty Biacuplasty And Intraosseous Basivertebral Nerve Ablation | unproven / investigational | payer document | |
| Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi | Radiofrequency Ablation Of Miscellaneous Solid Tumors Excluding Liver Tumors | unproven / investigational | payer document | |
| Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island | Interspinous Fixation (Fusion) Devices | not covered | Sep 2, 2026 | payer document |
| Blue Cross NC | Interspinous Fixation (Fusion) Devices | listed, no stance | May 1, 2026 | payer document |
| Blue Cross NC | Interspinous and Interlaminar Stabilization/Distraction Devices (Spacers) | listed, no stance | May 1, 2026 | payer document |
| Blue Shield of California | BSC7.21 | Skeletal Remodeling | listed, no stance | payer document | |
| Blue Shield of California | Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (7.01.110) | listed, no stance | payer document | |
| Blue Shield of California | | Interventions for Progressive Scoliosis (2.01.83) | listed, no stance | payer document | |
| BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina | Annular Closure Devices (e.g., Barricaid®, Xclose®, Inclose™) (CAM 374) Number | listed, no stance | Nov 1, 2025 | payer document |
| BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina | Interspinous and Interlaminar Stabilization/Distraction Devices (Spacers) (CAM 701107) | listed, no stance | Jun 1, 2026 | payer document |
| BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina | Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (CAM 701110) | listed, no stance | Jun 1, 2026 | payer document |
| Centene | Intradiscal Steroid Injections for Pain Management (CP.MP.167) | covered if criteria are met | Jul 1, 2026 | payer document |
| Health Care Service Corporation (BCBS IL, TX, OK, NM, MT) | Annulus Closure After Discectomy (SUR705.045) | listed, no stance | Dec 1, 2025 | payer document |
| Health Care Service Corporation (BCBS IL, TX, OK, NM, MT) | Axial Lumbosacral Interbody Fusion (SUR712.038) | listed, no stance | Oct 15, 2026 | payer document |
| Health Care Service Corporation (BCBS IL, TX, OK, NM, MT) | Interspinous Fixation (Fusion) Devices (SUR712.040) | listed, no stance | Nov 15, 2025 | payer document |
| Health Care Service Corporation (BCBS IL, TX, OK, NM, MT) | Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (SUR705.025) | listed, no stance | Aug 1, 2026 | payer document |
| Molina Healthcare | Stem Cell Therapy for Orthopedic Applications Policy No. 426 (426) | listed, no stance | Oct 8, 2025 | payer document |
| Premera Blue Cross | Axial Lumbosacral Interbody Fusion (7.01.130) | listed, no stance | Jun 8, 2026 | payer document |
| Premera Blue Cross | Lumbar Spine Decompression Surgery: Discectomy, Foraminotomy, Laminotomy, Laminectomy in Adults (7.01.551) | listed, no stance | Aug 24, 2026 | payer document |
| Regence | Artificial Intervertebral Disc (Surgery 127) | listed, no stance | May 1, 2026 | payer document |
| Regence | Dynamic Stabilization of the Spine (Surgery 143) | listed, no stance | Jul 1, 2026 | payer document |
| Regence | Interspinous Fixation (Fusion) Devices (Surgery 172) | listed, no stance | Feb 1, 2026 | payer document |
| Regence | Interspinous and Interlaminar Stabilization and Distraction Devices (Spacers) (Surgery 155) | listed, no stance | Jul 1, 2026 | payer document |
| Regence | Orthopedic Applications of Stem Cell Therapy, Including Bone Substitutes Used with Autologous Bone Marrow (Medicine 142) | listed, no stance | Dec 1, 2025 | payer document |
| Regence | Percutaneous Axial Lumbosacral Interbody Fusion (LIF) (Surgery 157) | listed, no stance | Jul 1, 2026 | payer document |
| Regence | Percutaneous Intradiscal Electrothermal Annuloplasty, Radiofrequency Annuloplasty, and Biacuplasty (Surgery 118) | listed, no stance | Apr 1, 2026 | payer document |
| Regence | Sacroiliac Joint Fusion (Surgery 193) | listed, no stance | Dec 1, 2025 | payer document |
| Regence | Vertebral Body Tethering and Stapling (Surgery 232) | listed, no stance | Jan 1, 2026 | payer document |
| Regence | Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (Surgery 159) | listed, no stance | Jul 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Ablative Treatment for Spinal Pain (CS001.T) | listed, no stance | Mar 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Ablative Treatment for Spinal Pain (2026T0107II) | listed, no stance | Feb 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Ablative Treatment for Spinal Pain (for Idaho Only) (CS001ID.B) | listed, no stance | May 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Ablative Treatment for Spinal Pain (for Kansas Only) (CS001KS.02) | listed, no stance | Apr 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Ablative Treatment for Spinal Pain (for Kentucky Only) (CS001KY.10) | listed, no stance | Mar 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Ablative Treatment for Spinal Pain (for Nebraska Only) (CS001NE.T) | listed, no stance | Mar 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Ablative Treatment for Spinal Pain (for New Jersey Only) (CS001NJ.Q) | listed, no stance | Mar 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Ablative Treatment for Spinal Pain (for New Mexico Only) (CS001NM.C) | listed, no stance | Mar 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Ablative Treatment for Spinal Pain (for Ohio Only) (CS001OH.D) | listed, no stance | Apr 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Ablative Treatment for Spinal Pain (for Pennsylvania Only) (CS001PA.Q) | listed, no stance | Apr 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Ablative Treatment for Spinal Pain (for Tennessee Only) (CS001TN.R) | listed, no stance | Mar 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Discogenic Pain Treatment (CS031.T) | listed, no stance | Feb 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Discogenic Pain Treatment (2026T0105EE) | listed, no stance | Jan 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Discogenic Pain Treatment (for Idaho Only) (CS031ID.B) | listed, no stance | Jun 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Discogenic Pain Treatment (for Kansas Only) (CS031KS.02) | listed, no stance | Feb 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Discogenic Pain Treatment (for Kentucky Only) (CS031KY.06) | listed, no stance | Feb 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Discogenic Pain Treatment (for Nebraska Only) (CS031NE.T) | listed, no stance | Feb 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Discogenic Pain Treatment (for New Jersey Only) (CS031NJ.R) | listed, no stance | Feb 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Discogenic Pain Treatment (for New Mexico Only) (CS031NM.C) | listed, no stance | Feb 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Discogenic Pain Treatment (for North Carolina Only) (CSNCT0105.04) | listed, no stance | Feb 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Discogenic Pain Treatment (for Ohio Only) (CS031OH.D) | listed, no stance | Mar 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Discogenic Pain Treatment (for Pennsylvania Only) (CS031PA.R) | listed, no stance | Apr 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Discogenic Pain Treatment (for Tennessee Only) (CS031TN.R) | listed, no stance | Feb 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Interspinous Fusion and Decompression Devices (2026T0638H) | listed, no stance | Jan 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Interspinous Fusion and Decompression Devices (CS363.D) | listed, no stance | Jan 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Interspinous Fusion and Decompression Devices (for Idaho Only) (CS363ID.C) | listed, no stance | Jul 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Interspinous Fusion and Decompression Devices (for Kansas Only) (CS363KS.02) | listed, no stance | Feb 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Interspinous Fusion and Decompression Devices (for Kentucky Only) (CS363KY.04) | listed, no stance | Feb 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Interspinous Fusion and Decompression Devices (for Nebraska Only) (CS363NE.D) | listed, no stance | Jan 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Interspinous Fusion and Decompression Devices (for New Jersey Only) (CS363NJ.D) | listed, no stance | Jan 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Interspinous Fusion and Decompression Devices (for New Mexico Only) (CS363NM.C) | listed, no stance | Jan 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Interspinous Fusion and Decompression Devices (for North Carolina Only) (CSNCT0363.04) | listed, no stance | Jan 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Interspinous Fusion and Decompression Devices (for Ohio Only) (CS363OH.D) | listed, no stance | Feb 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Interspinous Fusion and Decompression Devices (for Pennsylvania Only) (CS363PA.D) | listed, no stance | Jan 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Interspinous Fusion and Decompression Devices (for Tennessee Only) (CS363TN.D) | listed, no stance | Jan 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Procedures (CS364.D) | listed, no stance | Mar 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Procedures (2026T0640H) | listed, no stance | Feb 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Procedures (for Idaho Only) (CS364ID.B) | listed, no stance | May 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Procedures (for Kansas Only) (CS364KS.02) | listed, no stance | Mar 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Procedures (for Kentucky Only) (CS364KY.04) | listed, no stance | Mar 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Procedures (for Nebraska Only) (CS364NE.D) | listed, no stance | Mar 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Procedures (for New Jersey Only) (CS364NJ.D) | listed, no stance | Mar 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Procedures (for New Mexico Only) (CS364NM.C) | listed, no stance | Mar 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Procedures (for North Carolina Only) (CSNCT0364.04) | listed, no stance | Apr 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Procedures (for Ohio Only) (CS364OH.D) | listed, no stance | Apr 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Procedures (for Pennsylvania Only) (CS364PA.D) | listed, no stance | Mar 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Procedures (for Tennessee Only) (CS364TN.D) | listed, no stance | Mar 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Pain Management (MMP070.12) when used to report the Intracept procedure | listed, no stance | Sep 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Spinal Fusion and Bone Healing Enhancement Products (CS009.V) | listed, no stance | Dec 1, 2025 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Spinal Fusion and Bone Healing Enhancement Products (2026T0410KK) | listed, no stance | Jan 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Spinal Fusion and Bone Healing Enhancement Products (for Idaho Only) (CS009ID.D) | listed, no stance | May 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Spinal Fusion and Bone Healing Enhancement Products (for Kansas Only) (CS009KS.02) | listed, no stance | Dec 1, 2025 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Spinal Fusion and Bone Healing Enhancement Products (for Kentucky Only) (CS009KY.08) | listed, no stance | Feb 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Spinal Fusion and Bone Healing Enhancement Products (for Nebraska Only) (CS009NE.V) | listed, no stance | Dec 1, 2025 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Spinal Fusion and Bone Healing Enhancement Products (for New Jersey Only) (CS009NJ.S) | listed, no stance | Dec 1, 2025 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Spinal Fusion and Bone Healing Enhancement Products (for New Mexico Only) (CS009NM.C) | listed, no stance | Dec 1, 2025 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Spinal Fusion and Bone Healing Enhancement Products (for North Carolina Only) (CSNCT0410.05) | listed, no stance | Dec 1, 2025 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Spinal Fusion and Bone Healing Enhancement Products (for Ohio Only) (CS009OH.D) | listed, no stance | Jan 1, 2026 | payer document |
| UnitedHealthcare | Spinal Fusion and Bone Healing Enhancement Products (for Pennsylvania Only) (CS009PA.T) | listed, no stance | Dec 1, 2025 | payer document |
Prior authorization required or conditional in FL, KY, VT, WA, WV, WY.
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.