UHC Commercial – New Policy – Vitamin D Testing

Policy Number: 2022T0631A

Effective Date: March 1, 2022

• Coverage Rationale
  • Vitamin D testing is unproven and not medically necessary for routine preventive screening due to insufficient evidence of efficacy.
  • Vitamin D testing is proven and medically necessary for a condition or medical diagnosis associated with Vitamin D deficiency or risk of hypercalcemia; please see the Vitamin D diagnosis codes list under Applicable Codes.
• Applicable Codes
  • CPT Code 0038U – Vitamin D, 25 hydroxy D2 and D3, by LC-MS/MS, serum microsample, quantitative
  • CPT Code 82306 – Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed
  • CPT Code 82652 – Vitamin D; 1, 25 dihydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed

Source: https://www.uhcprovider.com/en/resource-library/news/2022/vitamin-d-testing.html