Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 317 - Oklahoma Health Care Authority
Chapter 30 - Medical Providers-Fee for Service
Subchapter 5 - Individual Providers and Specialties
Part 1 - PHYSICIANS
Section 317:30-5-19 - Hysterectomies
Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) A hysterectomy performed for purposes of sterilization or family planning is not compensable. The 30 day waiting period which applies to elective sterilizations does not apply to therapeutic hysterectomies. Payment is made for therapeutic hysterectomies only when one of the following circumstances is met:
(b) A hysterectomy acknowledgement form may be signed by the patient and dated after the surgery as long as the acknowledgement meets all other requirements. the patient must acknowledge in the form that prior to surgery she was advised orally and in writing that she would be rendered sterile as a result of the surgery.
Added at 12 Ok Reg 751, eff 1-5-95 through 7-14-95 (emergency); Added at 12 Ok Reg 3131, eff 7-27-95