# Medicare Program; Prior Authorization Process for Certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Items; Update to the Master List of Items Frequently Subject to Unnecessary Utilization
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Master list additions. · Published 2019-04-22 · Effective 2019-05-22 · 84 FR 16617
## Document
- **Document number:** 2019-08032
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 84 FR 16617
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 414
- **Publication date:** 2019-04-22
- **Effective date:** 2019-05-22
- **HHS docket:** CMS-6078-N2
## Abstract

This document announces the addition of four Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes to the Master List of Items Frequently Subject to Unnecessary Utilization that could be potentially subject to Prior Authorization as a condition of payment.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/04/22/2019-08032/medicare-program-prior-authorization-process-for-certain-durable-medical-equipment-prosthetics)
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