In accordance with federal environmental law and current industry standards, several procedure codes have been deleted. Mercury hearing aid batteries are no longer covered by Wisconsin Medicaid based on federal environmental law and new industry standards. In addition, the binaural codes for hearing aid batteries are no longer in effect. Refer to Attachment 2 for a list of deleted hearing aid battery codes. Description changes for procedure codes Procedure code descriptions have changed for most of the codes listed in Attachment 1 .
Batteries are exempt from copayments.
Refer to the DMS Index for PA requirements. The maximum allowable fees indicated in Attachment 1 are per battery, rather than per box of batteries. If you are a Medicaid HMO network provider, contact your managed care organization for more information about its billing procedures. The Wisconsin Medicaid and BadgerCare Update is the first source of program policy and billing information for providers. Although the Update refers to Medicaid recipients, all information applies to BadgerCare recipients also.