Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 23 - Division of Medicaid
Part 203 - Physician Services
Chapter 4 - Surgery
Rule 23-203-4.6 - Bilateral Procedures

A. Medicaid covers bilateral procedures performed during an operative setting, when reported with the appropriate procedure code and modifier. One (1) procedure will be paid at one hundred percent (100%) of the Medicaid allowable and the second procedure will be paid at fifty percent (50%) of the Medicaid allowable.

B. If the bilateral procedures are both secondary procedures to a primary procedure, the bilateral secondary procedures will each be paid at fifty percent (50%) of the Medicaid allowable.