• General Information
  • Introduction
  • Certification
    • Introduction
    • Physicians and Residents
    • Physician Assistants
    • Nurse Practitioners
    • Nurse Midwives
    • HealthCheck Certification
    • Presumptive Eligibility for Pregnant Women Benefit
    • Presumptive Eligibility for the Family Planning Waiver Program
    • Prenatal Care Coordination Certification
    • Durable Medical Equipment
  • Provider Numbers
    • Introduction
    • Billing Performing Provider Numbers (Issued to Physicians and Residents)
    • Group Billing Numbers (Issued to Clinics)
    • Nonbilling Performing Provider Numbers (Issued to Physician Assistants)
  • Covered Physician Services
    • Introduction
    • Procedure Codes and Modifiers
    • Place of Service Codes
  • Reimbursement Not Available
  • Recipient Eligibility
    • Introduction
    • Retroactive Eligibility
    • Non-U.S. Citizens — Emergency Services
  • Recipient Copayment
    • Introduction
    • Copayment for Physician Services
  • Documentation Requirements
  • Prior Authorization
    • Introduction
    • Physician Services Requiring Prior Authorization
    • Prior Authorization Request Forms and Attachments
  • Experimental Services
  • Specialized Medical Vehicle Services
• Evaluation and Management Services
  • Introduction
  • Concurrent Care
  • Consultations
    • Introduction
    • Covered Consultations
  • Critical Care and Prolonged Services
    • Introduction
    • Ambulance Services
  • Emergency Department Services
  • Evaluation and Management Services Provided with Surgical Procedures
  • Family Planning Services
  • Hospital Services
  • Nursing Home Visits
  • Observation Care
  • Office and Other Outpatient Visits
    • Established Patient
    • New Patient
    • Office Visit Daily Limit
    • Office Located in Hospital
    • Office Visits and Counseling
    • Physician Counseling Visits Under s. 253.10, Wis. Stats.
  • Preventive Medicine Services
    • Introduction
    • Annual Physicals
    • HealthCheck Screenings
  • Tobacco Cessation Services
    • Introduction
    • Drugs for Tobacco Cessation
• Medicine Services
  • Introduction
  • Allergy Tests
  • Audiometry
  • Biofeedback
  • Chemotherapy
    • Introduction
    • Anti-Emetic Drugs
  • Clozapine Management
  • Evoked Potentials
  • End-Stage Renal Disease Services
    • Introduction
    • Dialysis Treatment Provided Outside the Recipient's Home
    • Home Dialysis Recipients
    • Home Dialysis Recipients Who are Hospitalized
  • Fluoride — Topical Applications
    • Introduction
    • Coverage
    • Submitting Claims
    • Training Materials
  • Hospital Admissions
    • Introduction
    • Certificate of Need Requirements for Recipients Admitted to an Institution for Mental Disease
  • Immunizations
    • Introduction
    • Vaccines for Children Program
    • Vaccines for Recipients Older than Age 19
    • Synagisฎ Coverage
  • Provider-Administered Drugs
    • Introduction
    • Diagnosis Restrictions
    • Prior Authorization Requirements
    • Unclassified Drugs
    • Reimbursement
  • Laboratory Test Preparation and Handling Fees
    • Introduction
    • Additional Limitations
  • Mental Health Services
  • Psychiatric Medication Checks
  • Screenings
    • Introduction
    • Screening Procedures Coverage
    • Diagnostic Procedures
    • Service-Specific Information
  • Substance Abuse Services
  • Telemedicine
  • Weight Management Services
• Surgery Services
  • Abortions
    • Coverage Policy
    • Covered Services
    • Coverage of Mifeprex
    • Physician Counseling Visits Under s. 253.10, Wis. Stats.
    • Services Incidental to a Noncovered Abortion
  • Anesthesia by Surgeon
  • Bariatric Surgery
  • Breast Reconstruction
  • Cataract Surgery
    • Introduction
    • Surgical Care Only
    • Postoperative Management
    • Preoperative Management
  • Cochlear Implants
  • Contraceptive Implants
    • Introduction
    • Informed Consent Procedure
    • Informed Consent Documentation
  • Co-surgeons/Assistant Surgeons
  • Dilation and Curettage
  • Foot Care
    • Introduction
    • Unna Boots
  • Hysterectomies
  • Intrauterine Devices
  • Obstetric Services
    • Introduction
    • Separate Obstetric Care Components
    • Global Obstetric Care
    • Separately Covered Pregnancy-Related Services
    • Unusual Pregnancies
    • Complications of Pregnancy
    • Unrelated Conditions
    • Health Professional Shortage Area Incentive Reimbursement
    • Other Insurance/Private Pay Prior to Wisconsin Medicaid Eligibility
    • Fee-for-Service Recipients Subsequently Enrolled in a Medicaid HMO or SSI MCO
  • Newborn Reporting
    • Introduction
    • Responsibility for Reporting
    • Newborn Report Submission
    • Newborn Report Procedures
  • Newborn Screenings
  • Organ Transplants
    • Introduction
    • Prior Authorization Requirements
  • Sterilizations
    • General Requirements
    • Sterilization Consent Form
  • Temporomandibular Joint Surgery
    • Introduction
    • Prior Authorization Requirements
  • Vagal Nerve Stimulators
• Prescription Requirements
  • General Prescription Requirements
  • Drugs
    • Introduction
    • Preferred Drug List
    • Diagnosis-Restricted Drugs
    • Brand Medically Necessary Drugs
    • Prior Authorization Requirements for Other Drugs
    • Prescribing Drugs Manufactured by Companies Who Have Not Signed the Rebate Agreement
    • Drug Utilization Review System
    • Drugs with 100-Day Supply Maximum
    • Prescription Mail Delivery
    • Noncovered Drugs
    • SeniorCare
    • Epocrates
  • Disposable Medical Supplies and Durable Medical Equipment
    • Introduction
    • Breast Pumps
  • Specialized Medical Vehicle Trips Exceeding Mileage Limits
• Claims Submission
  • Introduction
  • 837 Health Care Claim: Professional
  • CMS 1500
  • Adjustments
  • Unlisted Procedures
  • ClaimCheck Review
  • Why Was Payment for a Service Denied by ClaimCheck?
• Reimbursement
  • Maximum Allowable Fees
  • Maximum Daily Reimbursement
    • Introduction
    • Surgery Services Exceeding Six Hours
  • Reimbursement Amounts
    • Physicians
    • Supervising Physicians of Interns and Residents
    • Residents
    • Physician Assistants
    • Nurse Practitioners
    • Ancillary Providers
  • Surgical Procedures
    • Introduction
    • Co-surgeons
    • Surgical Assistance
    • Bilateral Surgeries
    • Multiple Surgeries
    • Multiple Births
    • Preoperative and Postoperative Care
  • HealthCheck Services
  • Pediatric Services
  • Health Professional Shortage Areas
    • Introduction
    • Modifier
    • Antepartum Care Visits Performed in a Health Professional Shortage Area
    • Pediatric Services Performed in a Health Professional Shortage Area
    • HealthCheck Services Not Eligible for Health Professional Shortage Area Incentive Payment
• Appendix
  • Appendix 1 — Allowable Procedure Codes and Modifiers for Physician Evaluation and Management, Medicine, and Surgical Services
  • Appendix 2 — Allowable Modifiers for Physician Evaluation and Management, Medicine, and Surgery Services
  • Appendix 3 — Allowable Place of Service Codes for Physician Evaluation and Management, Medicine, and Surgery Services
  • Appendix 4 — CMS 1500 Claim Form Instructions for Physician Services
  • Appendix 5 — Sample CMS 1500 Claim Form — Physician Medical Services (Three Evaluation and Management Visits with Pediatric Modifier)
  • Appendix 6 — Sample CMS 1500 Claim Form — Physician Obstetrical Services (Antepartum Care in a Health Professional Shortage Area)
  • Appendix 7 — Sample CMS 1500 Claim Form — Physician Surgical Services (Bilateral Surgery)
  • Appendix 8 — Sample CMS 1500 Claim Form — End-Stage Renal Disease Services
  • Appendix 9 — Antepartum Care Claims Submission Guide
  • Appendix 10 — Abortion Certification Statements
  • Appendix 11 — Sterilization Informed Consent Instructions and Sample
  • Appendix 12 — Sterilization Informed Consent
  • Appendix 13 — Acknowledgement of Receipt of Hysterectomy Information
  • Appendix 14 — Breast Pump Order
  • Appendix 15 — Physician Services Requiring Prior Authorization
  • Appendix 16 — Prior Authorization Request Form (PA/RF) Completion Instructions for Physician Services
  • Appendix 17 — Sample Prior Authorization Request Form (PA/RF)
  • Appendix 18 — Prior Authorization Physician Attachment (PA/PA) Completion Instructions
  • Appendix 19 — Sample Prior Authorization Physician Attachment (PA/PA)
  • Appendix 20 — Prior Authorization Physician Attachment (PA/PA)
  • Appendix 21 — Prior Authorization "J" Code Attachment (PA/JCA) Completion Instructions
  • Appendix 22 — Prior Authorization/ "J" Code Attachment
  • Appendix 23 — Prior Authorization/ Physician Otological Report (PA/POR) Completion Instructions
  • Appendix 24 — Prior Authorization/ Physician Otological Report (PA/POR)
  • Appendix 25 — Health Professional Shortage Area-Eligible Procedure Codes and ZIP Codes
  • Appendix 26 — Clozapine Management
  • Appendix 27 — Allowable Temporomandibular Joint Surgery and Anesthesia Procedure Codes and Temporomandibular Joint Evaluation Programs
  • Appendix 28 — Certification of Need for Specialized Medical Vehicle Transportation
  • Appendix 29 — Wisconsin Medicaid Newborn Report
  • Appendix 30 — Declaration of Supervision for Nonbilling Providers Instructions
  • Appendix 31 — Declaration of Supervision for Nonbilling Providers
  • Appendix 32 — Diagnosis-Restricted Provider-Administered Drugs
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Medicine and Surgery

Evaluation and Management Services

Preventive Medicine Services

Annual Physicals

Wisconsin Medicaid reimburses a maximum of one comprehensive, routine physical examination per calendar year per recipient. Recipients may use this examination to fulfill employment, school entrance, or sports participation requirements.

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