Erroneous Payment of CPT Codes Billed with Pregnancy-Related ICD-10 Codes

The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has identified a claims processing issue that may cause claims billed with pregnancy-related ICD-10 codes to erroneously reimburse. CPT codes 76830, 76856 and 76857 (non-obstetric sonography procedures), and codes 93975 and 93976 (duplex scan of arterial/venous flow) are not reimbursable if billed in conjunction with ICD-10 codes A34, O00.0 – O9A.53, Z33.1 – Z36, or Z64.0 – Z64.1. Updated manual pages reflecting these changes will be released with a future Medi-Cal Update. This issue affects claims for dates of service on or after October 1, 2015. DHCS will notify providers when the issue is resolved. Affected claims will be reprocessed via an Erroneous Payment Correction (EPC).