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 will not pay for dental services. Dental services are items and services involving 
the care, treatment, filling, removal or replacement of teeth or structures directly supporting the teeth. Medicare 
defines "structures directly supporting the teeth" as the periodontium, which includes the gingivae, 
dentogingival junction, periodontal membrane, cementum of the teeth, and alveolar process. You can find this 
rule in the Social Security Act, Section 1862(a)(12) and in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 150. 
 
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 contract 
says that the Plan covers certain dental services as a supplemental (extra) benefit. This benefit includes the 
periodontal scaling and root planing but is limited to 1 procedure code every 3 calendar years, per quadrant. 
Osseous surgery and drugs medicaments dispensed in the office for home use are not covered benefits. You can 
find this information in Chapter 4 on page 83 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 an ultrasonic osteogenesis stimulator (E0760) is covered only if all of the following criteria 
are met: 
 
Nonunion of a fracture documented by a minimum of two sets of radiographs obtained prior to starting 
treatment with the osteogenesis stimulator, separated by a minimum of 90 days. Each radiograph set must 
include multiple views of the fracture site accompanied by a written interpretation by a treating practitioner 
stating that there has been no clinically significant evidence of fracture healing between the two sets of 
radiographs; and 
The fracture is not of the skull or vertebrae; and 
The fracture is not tumor related. 
An ultrasonic osteogenesis stimulator will be denied as not medically necessary if any of the criteria above are 
not met. 
 
Use of an ultrasonic osteogenesis stimulator for the treatment of a fresh fracture or delayed union will be 
denied as not medically necessary. 
 
Ultrasound conductive coupling gel is covered and separately payable if an ultrasonic osteogenesis stimulator 
is covered. 
 
An ultrasonic osteogenesis stimulator will be denied as not medically necessary if it is used with other 
noninvasive osteogenesis stimulators. 
 
You can find these rules in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Osteogenesis Stimulators 
L33796. 
 
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.
Appeal type: unknown
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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 will not pay for dental services. Dental services are items and services involving 
the care, treatment, filling, removal or replacement of teeth or structures directly supporting the teeth. Medicare 
defines "structures directly supporting the teeth" as the periodontium, which includes the gingivae, 
dentogingival junction, periodontal membrane, cementum of the teeth, and alveolar process. You can find this 
rule in the Social Security Act, Section 1862(a)(12) and in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 150. 
 
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 contract 
says that the Plan covers certain dental services as a supplemental (extra) benefit. This benefit includes the 
panoramic radiographic image but is limited to once every 36 months. You can find this information on page 
50 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 Medicare will not pay for dental services. Dental services are items and services involving 
the care, treatment, filling, removal or replacement of teeth or structures directly supporting the teeth.  
  
   
 
Medicare defines "structures directly supporting the teeth" as the periodontium, which includes the gingivae, 
dentogingival junction, periodontal membrane, cementum of the teeth, and alveolar process. You can find this 
rule in the Social Security Act, Section 1862(a)(12) and in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 150. 
 
The rules say that Medicare plans must make reasonable and diligent efforts to gather and forward information 
to the Independent Review Entity (IRE). You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Parts C & D Enrollee Grievances, Organization/Coverage 
Determinations, and Appeals Guidance Manual, Section 50.12.1. 
 
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. The contract 
says that the Plan covers certain dental services as a supplemental (extra) benefit. This benefit includes 
coverage for specific dental items/services stated in the Plans contract. Enrollees receive a $500 
reimbursement allowance per year for preventive dental services. You can find this information on pages 70-71 
of the Plan's 2022 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 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). 
 
If you want to read these Medicare rules, you can go to this website www.medicareappeal.com. 
 
Thermal destruction of the intraosseous BVN will be considered medically reasonable and necessary for the 
treatment of cLBP in patients who meet ALL the following criteria: 
1. Chronic lumbar back pain of 6 months duration that causes functional deficit measured on a pain or 
disability scale, AND 
2. Documented failure to respond to 6 months of non-surgical management, AND 
3. Absence of non-vertebrogenic pathology per clinical assessment or radiology studies that could explain 
the source of the patients pain, including but not limited to fracture, tumor, infection, or significant 
deformity, AND 
4. Evidence of Type 1 or Type 2 Modic changes on MRI, such as inflammation, edema, vertebral endplate 
changes, disruption and fissuring of the endplate, vascularized fibrous tissues within the adjacent 
marrow, hypotensive signals (Type 1 Modic change), and changes to the vertebral body marrow 
including replacement of normal bone marrow by fat, and hypertensive signals (Type 2 Modic change), 
in 1 or more vertebrae from L3-S1. 
Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Thermal Destruction of the Intraosseous Basivertebral Nerve 
(BVN) for Vertebrogenic Lower Back Pain (L39420). 
 
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 Medicare will pay for durable medical equipment that is mainly used to serve a medical 
purpose. Items such as hospital beds, respirators, wheelchairs and crutches are examples of equipment that are 
clearly used for medical purposes. Medicare will not pay for: 
 
1. Equipment that is primarily and customarily used for nonmedical purposes. Examples include air 
conditioners, humidifiers, dehumidifiers and electric air cleaners; 
2. Equipment used for a patients comfort or for the convenience of a person caring for the patient. Examples 
include elevators, stairway elevators, physical fitness equipment and self-help devices such as grab bars. You 
can find these rules in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-
02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 110.1.  
 
The rules say that Claims for A9279 (MONITORING FEATURE/DEVICE, STAND-ALONE OR 
INTEGRATED, ANY TYPE, INCLUDES ALL ACCESSORIES, COMPONENTS AND ELECTRONICS, 
NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED) are denied as statutorily non-covered (No Medicare benefit). You can find 
this rule in the Local Coverage Article for Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Devices for the Treatment of 
Obstructive Sleep Apnea, A52467. 
 
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 Definitive UDT is reasonable and necessary in order to: 
 
Identify a specific substance or metabolite that is inadequately detected by a presumptive UDT; 
Definitively identify specific drugs in a large family of drugs; 
Identify a specific substance or metabolite that is not detected by presumptive UDT such as fentanyl, 
meperidine, synthetic cannabinoids and other synthetic/analog drugs; 
Identify drugs when a definitive concentration of a drug is needed to guide management (e.g., discontinuation 
of THC use according to a treatment plan); 
Identify a negative, or confirm a positive, presumptive UDT result that is inconsistent with a patients self-
report, presentation, medical history, or current prescribed pain medication plan; 
Rule out an error as the cause of a presumptive UDT result; 
Identify non-prescribed medication or illicit use for ongoing safe prescribing of controlled substances; and 
Use in a differential assessment of medication efficacy, side effects, or drug-drug interactions. 
Definitive UDT may be reasonable and necessary based on patient specific indications, including historical use, 
medication response, and clinical assessment, when accurate results are necessary to make clinical decisions. 
The clinicians rationale for the definitive UDT and the tests ordered must be documented in the patients 
medical record. 
 
The rules also say that the presumptive findings, definitive drug tests ordered and reasons for the testing must 
be documented in the patient's medical record. You can find this rule in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Controlled Substance Monitoring and 
Drugs of Abuse Testing, L35006. 
 
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 definitive drug testing is indicated when: 
 
1. The results of the screen are presumptively positive. 
2. Results of the screen are negative, and this negative finding is inconsistent with the patient's medical history. 
3. This test may also be used, when the coverage criteria of the policy are met and there is no presumptive test 
available, locally and/or commercially, as may be the case for certain synthetic or semi-synthetic opioids. 
 
You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Local Coverage 
Determination (LCD): Drug Testing (L34645). 
 
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 417.414. 
 
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 if performed to facilitate the infusion or injection or hydration, the use of local anesthesia is 
included and not separately billable. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 12, Section 30.5(C). 
 
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, effective for claims with dates of service on or after January 1, 2019, laboratories shall bill 
the HCPCS panel test code and not unbundle the individual components if all components of the HCPCS panel 
are performed. You can find this rule in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Internet-Only 
Manual Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 16, Section 90.2. 
 
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.
Appeal type: unknown
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 Medicare will not pay for dental services. Dental services are items and services involving 
the care, treatment, filling, removal or replacement of teeth or structures directly supporting the teeth. Medicare 
defines "structures directly supporting the teeth" as the periodontium, which includes the gingivae, 
dentogingival junction, periodontal membrane, cementum of the teeth, and alveolar process. You can find this 
rule in the Social Security Act, Section 1862(a)(12) and in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 150. 
 
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 contract 
says that the Plan covers certain dental services as a supplemental (extra) benefit. This benefit includes 
coverage for the requested items or services, but only when they are received from an in-network provider. You 
can find this information on page 64 of the Plan's 2023 Evidence of Coverage (EOC). 
 This benefit also includes coverage for the intraoral - periapical first radiographic image (D0220) but are 
covered up to six (6) periapicals (individual) or one (1) combination of two (2) bitewings and four (4) 
periapical every twelve (12) months. Up to one (1) complete set of radiographs "full mouth" every thirty-six 
(36) months or one (1) panoramic radiograph every thirty-six (36) months. One limits the other. It takes 12 
months for any other individual x-ray or bite wings X-ray to be performed. You can find this information on 
pages 116-117 of the Plans 2023 EOC.
Appeal type: unknown
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 Medicare will not pay for dental services. Dental services are items and services involving 
the care, treatment, filling, removal or replacement of teeth or structures directly supporting the teeth. Medicare 
defines "structures directly supporting the teeth" as the periodontium, which includes the gingivae, 
dentogingival junction, periodontal membrane, cementum of the teeth, and alveolar process. You can find this 
rule in the Social Security Act, Section 1862(a)(12) and in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 150. 
 
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 contract 
says that the Plan covers certain dental services as a supplemental (extra) benefit. This benefit includes the 
panoramic radiographic image  but is limited to once per 2 year period. You can find this information on page 
287 of the Plan's 2023 Evidence of Coverage (EOC).   
 
This benefit also includes coverage for specific dental procedure codes and services listed in the Plan contract. 
Non-listed procedures are not covered. You can find this information on pages 286-299 of the Plans 2023 
Evidence of Coverage (EOC).
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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 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 definitive drug testing is indicated when: 
1. The results of the screen are presumptively positive. 
2. Results of the screen are negative, and this negative finding is inconsistent with the patient's medical 
history. 
3. This test may also be used, when the coverage criteria of the policy are met AND there is no 
presumptive test available, locally and/or commercially, as may be the case for certain synthetic or 
semi-synthetic opioids. 
You can find this rule in Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Drug Testing L34645. 
 
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.
Appeal type: unknown
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 the following indications are covered for implanted permanent single chamber or dual 
chamber cardiac pacemakers: 
1. Documented non-reversible symptomatic bradycardia due to sinus node dysfunction, and 
2. Documented non-reversible symptomatic bradycardia due to second degree and/or third-degree 
atrioventricular block. 
 
The following indications are non-covered for implanted permanent single chamber or dual chamber cardiac 
pacemakers: 
1. Reversible causes of bradycardia such as electrolyte abnormalities, medications or drugs, and hypothermia, 
2. Asymptomatic first-degree atrioventricular block, 
3. Asymptomatic sinus bradycardia, 
4. Asymptomatic sino-atrial block or asymptomatic sinus arrest, 
5. Ineffective atrial contractions without symptomatic bradycardia, 
6. Asymptomatic second-degree atrioventricular block of Mobitz Type I unless the QRS complexes are 
prolonged or electrophysiological studies have demonstrated that the block is at or beyond the level of the His 
Bundle (a component of the electrical conduction system of the heart), 
7. Syncope of undetermined cause, 
8. Bradycardia during sleep, 
9. Right bundle branch block with left axis deviation (and other forms of fascicular or bundle branch block) 
without syncope or other symptoms of intermittent atrioventricular block, 
10. Asymptomatic bradycardia in post-myocardial infarction patients about to initiate long-term beta-blocker 
drug therapy,  
11. Frequent or persistent supraventricular tachycardias, except where the pacemaker is specifically for the 
control of tachycardia, and 
12. A clinical condition in which pacing takes place only intermittently and briefly, and which is not associated 
with a reasonable likelihood that pacing needs will become prolonged. 
 
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 20.8.3.  
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.