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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 Correct Coding Initiative was developed to promote correct coding and to control
improper coding leading to inappropriate payment in Part B claims. The Coding Policy Manual also explains
what is referred to as Column One/Column Two Correct Coding and Mutually Exclusive Edits. These are code
pairs that should not be reported together. Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) subject all line items
for the same beneficiary, same National Provider Identifier (NPI), and same date of service to National Correct
Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits. The National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) File Formats continue to
include a Correct Coding Modifier Indicator (CCMI) for the Column One / Column Two Correct Coding edit
file. This indicator determines whether an NCCI Procedure to Procedure (PTP)-associated modifier causes the
code pair to bypass the edit. 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.
The rules say that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) has established units of service edits
referred to as Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs). An MUE for a Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
(HCPCS)/Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code is the maximum number of units of service under most
circumstances allowable by the same provider for the same enrollee on the same date of service. Claims
submitted where the unit of service exceeds the MUE value for that HCPCS/CPT code will be denied.
Beginning on April 1, 2013, CMS introduced the MUE Adjudication Indicator (MAI) to differentiate between
types of MUEs. If a code has an MAI of 1, appropriate use of a modifier may be used to report the same code
on separate lines of the claim. MUEs for codes with an MAI of 2 are absolute date of service edits. These are
"per day edits based on policy." Codes with an MAI of "2" have been rigorously reviewed and vetted within
CMS and obtain this MAI designation because units of service on the same date of service (DOS) in excess of
the MUE value would be considered impossible because it was contrary to statute, regulation, or subregulatory
guidance.
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(V).
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.