Persius/hicric huggingface dataset:
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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 say that Medicare has determined for which surgical services an assistant surgeon is medically 
necessary. This information can be found in the Medicare Fee Schedule Database. If the database contains an 
assistant at surgery indicator of 1 for the surgical procedure in question, Medicare has determined that an 
assistant is not medically necessary. Assistant surgeons will not be paid for these procedures. You can find this 
rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Medicare Claims Processing 
Manual, Chapter 12, Section 40.8. 
 
The rules say that the Correct Coding Initiative was developed to promote correct coding and to control 
improper coding leading to inappropriate payment in Part B claims. An add-on code is eligible for payment 
only if it is reported with an appropriate primary procedure performed by the same practitioner. An add-on 
code is not eligible for payment if it is the only procedure reported by a practitioner. The only exception is as 
follows:  
 
For the same date of service only one physician of the same specialty in the group practice may report code 
99291 (primary) with or without code 99292 (add-on), and the other physician(s) must report their critical care 
services with CPT code 99292. 
 
You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 
100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 23, Section 20.9. 
 
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.
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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 a group 2 support surface is covered if the beneficiary meets at least one of the following 
three Criteria (1, 2 or 3): 
1. The beneficiary has multiple stage 2 pressure ulcers located on the trunk or pelvis which have failed to 
improve over the past month, during which time the beneficiary has been on a comprehensive ulcer 
treatment program including each of the following: 
a. Use of an appropriate group 1 support surface, and 
b. Regular assessment by a nurse, practitioner, or other licensed healthcare practitioner, and 
c. Appropriate turning and positioning, and 
d. Appropriate wound care, and 
e. Appropriate management of moisture/incontinence, and 
f. Nutritional assessment and intervention consistent with the overall plan of care 
2. The beneficiary has large or multiple stage 3 or 4 pressure ulcer(s) on the trunk or pelvis, 
3. The beneficiary had a myocutaneous flap or skin graft for a pressure ulcer on the trunk or pelvis within 
the past 60 days, and has been on a group 2 or 3 support surface immediately prior to discharge from a 
hospital or nursing facility within the past 30 days 
 
You can find these rules in Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Pressure Reducing Support Surfaces Group 2 
(L33642). 
 
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.
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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 for ambulance service claims, institutional-based providers and suppliers must report an 
origin and destination modifier for each ambulance trip provided in HCPCS/Rates. Origin and destination 
modifiers used for ambulance services are created by combining two alpha characters. Each alpha character, 
with the exception of X, represents an origin code or a destination code. The pair of alpha codes creates one 
modifier. The first position alpha code equals origin; the second position alpha code equals destination. Origin 
and destination codes and their descriptions are listed below: 
D = Diagnostic or therapeutic site other than P or H when these are used as origin codes; 
E = Residential, domiciliary, custodial facility (other than 1819 facility); 
G = Hospital based ESRD facility; 
H = Hospital; 
I = Site of transfer (e.g. airport or helicopter pad) between modes of ambulance transport; 
J = Freestanding ESRD facility; 
N = Skilled nursing facility; 
P = Physicians office; 
R = Residence; 
S = Scene of accident or acute event; 
X = Intermediate stop at physicians office on way to hospital (destination code only) 
 
You can find this rule in the Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 15, Section 30. 
 
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.
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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 say that plans may choose the networks of providers available to enrollees and may require enrollees 
to obtain authorization before receiving services. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.112(a) and in 
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-16, Medicare 
Managed Care Manual, Chapter 1, Section 20.2. 
 
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. The Plan 
contract says that, with limited exceptions, members of the Plan must use network providers to get medical care 
and services. The only exceptions are emergencies, urgently needed care when the network is not available 
(generally, when the enrollee is out of the area), out-of-area dialysis services, and cases in which the Plan 
authorizes the use of out-of-network providers. Although the Plan has a Point-of-Service (POS) option to cover 
certain out-of-network services. You can find this information on pages 27-28 of the Plan's 2023 Evidence of 
Coverage (EOC).
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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 say that the only chiropractic service Medicare covers is manual manipulation of the spine to correct 
a subluxation if the subluxation has resulted in a neuromusculoskeletal condition for which manual 
manipulation is appropriate treatment. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 410.21(b).  
 
The rules say subluxation may be shown by x-ray or physical exam. You can find this rule in the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, 
Chapter 15, Section 240.1.2. 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com.
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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 supply allowance (code A4238 or A4239) is billed as one (1) unit of service per thirty (30) 
days. Only one (1) unit of code A4238 or A4239 may be billed to the DME MACs at a time. Billing more than 
one (1) unit per thirty (30) days of code A4238 or A4239 will be denied as not reasonable and necessary. This 
rule is found in Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Glucose Monitors (L33822). 
 
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.
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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 sacroiliac (SI) joint deneveration (also called radiofrequency ablation or RFA) is not 
considered reasonable and necessary. You can find this rule in Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Sacroiliac 
Joint Injections and Procedures (L39455). 
 
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.
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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 say that providers/suppliers must report services correctly. Procedures should be reported with the 
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code that describes the services performed. You can find this rule in 
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare National Correct Coding Initiative Policy Manual 
for Medicare Services, Chapter I(A). 
 
The rules say that the Physician Fee Schedule Status Indicator B means that payment for covered services is 
always bundled into payment for other services not specified. There will be no payment amounts for these 
codes and no separate payment is ever made. When these services are covered, payment for them is subsumed 
by the payment for the services to which they are incident.  
 
The Physician Fee Schedule Status Indicator X means that an item or service that is not in the statutory 
definition of "physician services" for fee schedule payment purposes. No payment amounts are shown for these 
codes and no payment may be made under the physician fee schedule.  
 
You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 
100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 23, Section 30.2.2. 
 
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.
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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 say that medically necessary services are those that are reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or 
treatment of an illness or injury. Medically necessary services include services to improve the functioning of a 
malformed body member. You can find this rule in the Social Security Act, Section 1862(a)(1)(A). 
 
The rules say that services that are not medically necessary are not covered. The rules also say that 
experimental and investigational devices are not covered. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Sections 411.15 and 
411.15(o). 
 
The rules say that PILD is a posterior decompression of the lumbar spine performed under indirect image 
guidance without any direct visualization of the surgical area. This is a procedure proposed as a treatment for 
symptomatic LSS unresponsive to conservative therapy. This procedure is generally described as a non-
invasive procedure using specially designed instruments to percutaneously remove a portion of the lamina and 
debulk the ligamentum flavum. The procedure is performed under x-ray guidance (e.g., fluoroscopic, CT) with 
the assistance of contrast media to identify and monitor the compressed area via epiduragram. 
 
Indications and Limitations of Coverage 
B.   Nationally Covered Indications 
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has determined that PILD will be covered by Medicare 
when provided in a clinical study under section 1862(a)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (the Act) through 
Coverage with Evidence Development (CED) for beneficiaries with LSS who are enrolled in an approved 
clinical study that meets the criteria in section I or II. 
 
You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, 
Publication 100-03, Medicare National Coverage Determinations (NCD) Manual Section 150.13. 
 
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.
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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 say that coverage is extended only if there is sufficient clinical documentation of functional need for 
the technologic or design feature of a given type of foot. This information must be retained in the treating 
practitioner's or prosthetist's files. You can find this rule in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) - Lower 
Limb Prostheses (L33787) - Effective January 1, 2020. 
 
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.
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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 say that a knee orthosis with an adjustable flexion and extension joint that provides both medial-
lateral and rotation control (L1851) is covered if the beneficiary has had recent injury to or a surgical procedure 
on the knee(s). You can find this rule in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) - Knee Orthoses (L33818). 
  
   
The rules say that knee orthoses are also covered for a beneficiary who is ambulatory and has knee instability. 
Knee instability must be documented by examination of the beneficiary and objective description of joint laxity 
(e.g., varus/valgus instability, anterior/posterior Drawer test). Claims will be denied as not reasonable and 
necessary when the beneficiary does not meet the above criteria for coverage. For example, they will be denied 
if only pain or a subjective description of joint instability is documented. You can find this rule in the Local 
Coverage Determination (LCD) - Knee Orthoses (L33818). 
 
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.
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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 say that medically necessary services are those that are reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or 
treatment of an illness or injury. Medically necessary services include services to improve the functioning of a 
malformed body member. You can find this rule in the Social Security Act, Section 1862(a)(1)(A). 
 
The rules say that services that are not medically necessary are not covered. The rules also say that 
experimental and investigational devices are not covered. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Sections 411.15 and 
411.15(o). 
 
The rules say that this Medicare contractor will provide limited coverage for the Percepta Bronchial Genomic 
Classifier (Veracyte, Inc., South San Francisco, CA) to identify patients with clinical low- or intermediate-risk 
of malignancy, after a non-diagnostic bronchoscopy, who may be followed with CT surveillance in lieu of 
further invasive biopsies or surgery. A patients clinical risk of malignancy may be ascertained by the 
McWilliams or Gould risk assessment models. Coverage does not include clinical high-risk patients or patients 
with known lung cancer. You can find this rule in Local Coverage Determination (LCD) MolDX: Percepta 
Bronchial Genomic Classifier L36886. 
 
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.
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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 genetic testing is available for a number of types of inherited thrombophilia, including 
mutations in the FVL, F2 and MTHFR genes. However, the clinical utility of testing is uncertain. The clinical 
utility of genetic testing depends on the ability of testing results to change management that results in improved 
clinical outcomes. You can find this rule in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for MolDX: Genetic 
Testing for Hypercoagulability / Thrombophilia (Factor V Leiden, Factor II Prothrombin, and MTHFR), 
L35984. 
 
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.
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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 say that plans are required to maintain and monitor a network of appropriate providers, supported by 
written arrangements, that is sufficient to provide adequate access to covered services to meet the needs of the 
  
  population services. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only 
Manual, Publication 100-16, Medicare Managed Care Manual, Chapter 4, Section 110.1. 
 
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.
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Decision: unknown

 
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 say that medically necessary services are those that are reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or 
treatment of an illness or injury. Medically necessary services include services to improve the functioning of a 
malformed body member. You can find this rule in the Social Security Act, Section 1862(a)(1)(A). 
 
The rules say that a Medicare plan may restrict enrollees to a network of providers as long as medically 
necessary covered care is accessible and available through this network. The rules say that the plan must 
arrange for and cover any medically necessary covered benefit outside of the plan provider network, but at in-
network cost sharing, when an in-network provider or benefit is unavailable or inadequate to meet an enrollees 
medical needs. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.112(a)(1)(iii). 
 
The rules say that plans may specify the networks of providers from whom enrollees may obtain services. The 
rules say plans may require prior authorization for most in-network services if the health plan ensures that all 
covered services are available and accessible under the plan. The plan must arrange for specialty care outside of 
the plan provider network when network providers are unavailable or inadequate to meet an enrollee's medical 
needs. Plans offering coordinated care plans must ensure continuity of care and integration of services through 
arrangements with contracted providers. This includes services available through contracting or non-
contracting providers in the area serviced by the health plan including nursing home and community-based 
services. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.112. 
 
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. The Plan 
contract says that, with limited exceptions, members of the Plan must use network providers to get medical care 
and services. The only exceptions are emergencies, urgently needed care when the network is not available 
(generally, when the enrollee is out of the area), out-of-area dialysis services, and cases in which the Plan 
authorizes the use of out-of-network providers. You can find this information on page 13 of the Plans 2023 
Evidence of Coverage.
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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 the Molecular Diagnostic Services Program (MolDX) will review all new test/assay clinical 
information to determine if a test meets Medicares reasonable and necessary requirement. Labs must submit a 
comprehensive dossier on each new test/assay prior to claim submission. MolDX will only cover and 
reimburse tests that demonstrate analytical and clinical validity, and clinical utility at a level that meets the 
Medicare reasonable and necessary requirement. Medicare will reimburse approved tests covered for dates of 
service consistent with the effective date of the coverage determination. You can find this rule in Local 
Coverage Determination (LCD) MolDX: Molecular Diagnostic Tests (MDT) (L35160). 
 
The rules state that the Invitae BRCA1/2 panel test is considered not covered. You can find this rule in the 
Diagnostics Exchange (DEX) Registry. 
 
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.
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Decision: unknown

 
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 policy requires payment for certain outpatient services provided to a beneficiary 
on the date of an inpatient admission or during the 3 calendar days prior to the date of an inpatient admission to 
be bundled with the Medicare Part A payment for the beneficiarys inpatient admission if those outpatient 
services are provided by the admitting hospital or an entity that is wholly owned or wholly operated by the 
admitting hospital. This policy applies to all diagnostic outpatient services and non-diagnostic services that are 
related to the inpatient stay, with the exception of ambulance and renal dialysis services. You can find this rule 
in Medicare Claims Processing Manual Chapter 4, Section 10.12. 
 
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.