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The rules say that plans must pay for a medical service or item if regular Medicare would pay for it in this case.
You can find this rule at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 422.101.
The rules state that Medicare is establishing the following limited coverage for CPT codes 82306 and 82652:
E20.0 Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism
E20.8 Other hypoparathyroidism
E20.9 Hypoparathyroidism, unspecified
E21.0 Primary hyperparathyroidism
E21.1 Secondary hyperparathyroidism, not elsewhere classified
E21.2 Other hyperparathyroidism
E21.3 Hyperparathyroidism, unspecified
E55.0 Rickets, active
E55.9 Vitamin D deficiency, unspecified
E83.30 Disorder of phosphorus metabolism, unspecified
E83.31 Familial hypophosphatemia
E83.32 Hereditary vitamin D-dependent rickets (type 1) (type 2)
E83.39 Other disorders of phosphorus metabolism
E83.51 Hypocalcemia
E83.52 Hypercalcemia
E89.2 Postprocedural hypoparathyroidism
K91.1 Postgastric surgery syndromes
K91.2 Postsurgical malabsorption, not elsewhere classified
K91.81 Other intraoperative complications of digestive system
M81.0 Age-related osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
M81.6 Localized osteoporosis [Lequesne]
M81.8 Other osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
M83.0 Puerperal osteomalacia
M83.1 Senile osteomalacia
M83.2 Adult osteomalacia due to malabsorption
M83.3 Adult osteomalacia due to malnutrition
M83.4 Aluminum bone disease
M83.5 Other drug-induced osteomalacia in adults
M83.8 Other adult osteomalacia
M83.9 Adult osteomalacia, unspecified
M85.811 Other specified disorders of bone density and structure, right shoulder
M85.812 Other specified disorders of bone density and structure, left shoulder
M85.821 Other specified disorders of bone density and structure, right upper arm
M85.822 Other specified disorders of bone density and structure, left upper arm
M85.831 Other specified disorders of bone density and structure, right forearm
M85.832 Other specified disorders of bone density and structure, left forearm
M85.841 Other specified disorders of bone density and structure, right hand
M85.842 Other specified disorders of bone density and structure, left hand
M85.851 Other specified disorders of bone density and structure, right thigh
M85.852 Other specified disorders of bone density and structure, left thigh
M85.861 Other specified disorders of bone density and structure, right lower leg
M85.862 Other specified disorders of bone density and structure, left lower leg
M85.871 Other specified disorders of bone density and structure, right ankle and foot
M85.872 Other specified disorders of bone density and structure, left ankle and foot
M85.88 Other specified disorders of bone density and structure, other site
M85.9 Disorder of bone density and structure, unspecified
M89.9 Disorder of bone, unspecified
M94.9 Disorder of cartilage, unspecified
N18.3 Chronic kidney disease, stage 3 (moderate)
N18.4 Chronic kidney disease, stage 4 (severe)
N18.5 Chronic kidney disease, stage 5
N18.6 End stage renal disease
N25.81 Secondary hyperparathyroidism of renal origin.
You can find these rules in Local Coverage Article: Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic
Function (A56485).
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.
The Plan contract says that the Plan covers items and services in accordance with Medicare rules.