Radiation Oncology
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Follow the below steps to access the clinical guidelines.
- Enter your Health Plan name into the search field and click on the magnifying glass.
- Click on the Clinical Guidelines Link.
- To access the guideline specific to your request, locate the “reason for denial” section found in your letter.
- Identify the guideline title and then search for that guideline title by scrolling down to the table of contents and clicking on the guideline section mentioned in your letter.
Example:
The reason for denial states in your letter states: Based on EviCore Radiation Therapy (RT) Guidelines Section: Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases, we cannot approve this request.
Enter your Health Plan name into the search field and click on the magnifying glass, open the clinical guidelines document. Scroll to the table of contents and locate the reason for denial mentioned in your letter (example: Bone Metastases).
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Clinical Guidelines
Coding Manual
Requirements for Clinical Appeal
Clinical Guidelines
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1199 Radiation Oncology Clinical GuidelinesEffective 01/01/2020 - 06/30/2020
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1199 Radiation Oncology Clinical GuidelinesEffective 07/01/2020 - 07/31/2020
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1199 Radiation Oncology Clinical GuidelinesEffective 10/01/2023 - 03/31/2024
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1199 Radiation Oncology Clinical GuidelinesEffective 10/01/2021 - 04/30/2022
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1199 Radiation Oncology Clinical GuidelinesEffective 05/01/2022 - 10/14/2022
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1199 Radiation Oncology Clinical GuidelinesEffective 08/01/2020 - 09/20/2020
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1199 Radiation Oncology Clinical GuidelinesEffective 08/01/2021 - 09/30/2021
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1199 Radiation Oncology Clinical GuidelinesEffective 09/21/2020 - 07/31/2021
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1199 Radiation Oncology Clinical Guidelines - Effective 10/15/2022Effective 10/15/2022 - 09/30/2023
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1199 Radiation Oncology GuidelinesEffective 04/01/2024 - 04/07/2024
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1199 Radiation Oncology GuidelinesEffective 04/08/2024 - 09/30/2024
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1199 Radiation Therapy Clinical GuidelinesEffective 08/01/2018 - 02/28/2019
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1199 Radiation Therapy Clinical GuidelinesEffective 04/01/2018 - 07/31/2018
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1199 Radiation Therapy Clinical GuidelinesEffective 09/01/2016 - 06/30/2018
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1199 Radiation Therapy Clinical GuidelinesEffective 07/01/2019 - 07/14/2019
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1199 Radiation Therapy Clinical GuidelinesEffective 07/15/2019 - 12/31/2019
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1199 Radiation Therapy Clinical GuidelinesEffective 03/01/2019 - 06/30/2019
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Addendum to the Radiation Oncology Clinical GuidelinesEffective 05/12/2020 - 06/30/2020
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Preface to the Radiation Oncology Clinical GuidelinesEffective 10/01/2020 - 07/31/2021
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Proton Beam Therapy Clinical GuidelinesEffective 07/15/2019 - 12/31/2019
Coding Manual
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eviCore Radiation Oncology Coding GuidelinesEffective 01/01/2020 - 12/31/2020
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eviCore Radiation Oncology Coding GuidelinesEffective 01/01/2021 - 01/10/2021
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eviCore Radiation Oncology Coding GuidelinesEffective 01/01/2021 - 08/04/2022
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eviCore Radiation Oncology Coding ManualEffective 09/29/2022 - 04/09/2024
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eviCore Radiation Oncology Coding ManualEffective 08/05/2022 - 09/28/2022
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eviCore Radiation Therapy Coding GuidelinesEffective 01/01/2019 - 12/31/2019