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BCBS Tennessee
Rubrica tracks 63 sourced coverage rules across 63 CPT codes for BCBS Tennessee — covering interventional spine, pain management, ortho spine, and orthopedics. Plan type(s): commercial. 1-state regional policy (sample: tn).
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Every Rubrica record cites a specific BCBS Tennessee policy document with last-reviewed date and (where available) verbatim source text. Aggregate coverage breakdown by procedure category is shown below; full payor-specific criteria require sign-in.
Coverage by category
BCBS Tennessee's coverage stance across procedure categories tracked in the Rubrica catalog.
| Category | Rules | Covered | Prior auth | Investigational |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Procedure | 22 | 22 | 19 | 0 |
| Epidural | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Facet/MBB | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Decompression | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| RFA | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| ViaDisc | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Vertebral Augmentation | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| BVN Ablation | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Interspinous Spacer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MILD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| SCS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| SI Joint | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Top tracked procedures
First 15 CPT codes in the BCBS Tennessee catalog. Sign in for verbatim criteria, source links, and the rest of the catalog.
| CPT | Procedure | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
62321 | Interlaminar ESI — Cervical/Thoracic | Covered |
62323 | Interlaminar ESI — Lumbar/Sacral | Covered |
64479 | Transforaminal ESI — Cervical/Thoracic (1st level) | Covered |
64480 | Transforaminal ESI — Cervical/Thoracic (each additional level) | Covered |
64483 | Transforaminal ESI — Lumbar/Sacral (1st level) | Covered |
64484 | Transforaminal ESI — Lumbar/Sacral (each additional level) | Covered |
64490 | Facet/MBB — Cervical/Thoracic (1st level) | Covered |
64491 | Facet/MBB — Cervical/Thoracic (2nd level) | Covered |
64492 | Facet/MBB — Cervical/Thoracic (3rd+ level) | Not covered |
64493 | Facet/MBB — Lumbar (1st level) | Covered |
64494 | Facet/MBB — Lumbar (2nd level) | Covered |
64495 | Facet/MBB — Lumbar (3rd+ level) | Not covered |
64633 | RFA — Cervical/Thoracic (1st level) | Covered |
64634 | RFA — Cervical/Thoracic (each additional level) | Covered |
64635 | RFA — Lumbar (1st level) | Covered |
64636 | RFA — Lumbar (each additional level) | Covered |
27096 | SI Joint Injection (with image guidance) | Covered |
G0260 | SI Joint Injection — ASC HCPCS code | Covered |
27279 | Minimally Invasive SI Joint Fusion (titanium triangular implants) | Covered |
63650 | Spinal Cord Stimulator — Percutaneous Trial Electrode Placement | Covered |
63685 | Spinal Cord Stimulator — Permanent IPG Implantation | Covered |
22513 | Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation — Thoracic | Covered |
22514 | Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation — Lumbar | Covered |
22515 | Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation — Each Additional Level | Covered |
62330 | Image-Guided Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD) — 1st Interspace | Not covered |
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