Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 8 - Medicaid Coverage and Payment
Chapter 110 - Medicaid Coverage; Professional Services
Article 10 - Physician Services
7 AAC 110.420 - Hysterectomy by a physician
Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 110.420
Current through November 28, 2024
(a) The department will pay for a hysterectomy performed by a physician if the
(1) department has given prior
authorization;
(2) procedure is
performed for medical reasons;
(3)
recipient has given her informed consent in writing using the form provided by
the department or a form provided by the physician that includes the same
information;
(4) consent from was
signed by the recipient before surgery, unless the provider who performs the
surgery certified in writing that
(A) the
recipient was sterile before the hysterectomy and states the cause of the
sterility; or
(B) the hysterectomy
was performed under a life-threatening emergency, that is described by the
provider, and getting prior consent from the recipient was not possible;
and
(5) consent form is
attached to the provider claim.
(b) The department will not pay for a hysterectomy performed only for the purpose of rendering a woman permanently incapable of reproducing.
Authority:AS 47.05.010
AS 47.07.030
AS 47.07.040
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