<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">.  Use of H</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">ealth </span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">C</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">are Common </span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">P</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">rocedure </span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">C</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">oding </span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">S</span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">ystem</span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0"> The guidelines contained in the </span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">Health Care Common Procedure Coding System</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0"> </span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">20</span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">24</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001"> Level II</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0"> apply to claims submitted under the provisions of chapters </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:16:02"><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000002">67:16:02</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:16:13"><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000002">67:16:13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:16:28"><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000002">67:16:28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:16:29"><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000002">67:16:29</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:16:44"><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000002">67:16:44</span></a><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:16:46"><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000002">67:16:46</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:16:47"><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000002">67:16:47</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:16:48"><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000002">67:16:48</span></a><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:54:09"><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000002">67:54:09</span></a><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42e000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">    </span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0"> 34 SDR 68, effective September 12, 2007; 34 SDR 322, effective July 1, 2008; 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015; 46 SDR 50, effective October 10, 2019; 47 SDR 38, effective October 6, 2020</span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">; 48 SDR 39, effective October 3, 2021; 49 SDR 21, effective September 12, 2022; 50 SDR 63, effective November 27, 2023; 51 SDR 13, effective August 12, 2024</span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">    </span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000002">28-6-1</span></a><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">    </span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000002">28-6-1</span></a><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42e000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">    </span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0"> </span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">Health Care Common Procedure Coding System</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0"> </span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">20</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">24 </span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">Level II</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0-000001">, </span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">American Medical Association, January 10, 2024</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">. Copies may be obtained from the American Medical Association, </span><a href="https://commerce.ama-assn.org/store/ui"><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC2">https://commerce.ama-assn.org/store/ui</span></a><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">; $</span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">96</span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">.</span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">52</span><span class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s891b9e39-45e4-499e-9cbb-446efaa5e42e000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>