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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 canes (E0100, E0105) and crutches (E0110, E0111, E0112, E0113, E0114, E0116) are 
covered if all of the following criteria (1-3) are met: 
 
The beneficiary has a mobility limitation that significantly impairs his/her ability to participate in one or more 
mobility-related activities of daily living (MRADL) in the home. 
The MRADLs to be considered in this and all other statements in this policy are toileting, feeding, dressing, 
grooming, and bathing performed in customary locations in the home. 
 
A mobility limitation is one that: 
 
Prevents the beneficiary from accomplishing the MRADL entirely, or, 
Places the beneficiary at reasonably determined heightened risk of morbidity or mortality secondary to the 
attempts to perform an MRADL; or, 
Prevents the beneficiary from completing the MRADL within a reasonable time frame; 
And, 
 
The beneficiary is able to safely use the cane or crutch; and, 
The functional mobility deficit can be sufficiently resolved by use of a cane or crutch. 
If all of the criteria are not met, the cane or crutch will be denied as not reasonable and necessary. 
 
The medical necessity for an underarm, articulating, spring assisted crutch (E0117) has not been established; 
therefore, if an E0117 is ordered, it will be denied as not reasonable and necessary. You can find these rules in 
the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Canes and Crutches L33733. 
 
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.  
 
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 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 does not include 
coverage for dental service codes 41874, or 00170. You can find this information in Chapter 4 on page 41 of 
the Plans 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 state that high frequency chest wall oscillation devices (HFCWO) (E0483) are covered for 
beneficiaries who meet: 
 
    Criterion 1, 2, or 3, and 
 
    Criterion 4 
 
        There is a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis (refer to the ICD-10 code list in the LCD-related Policy Article for 
applicable diagnoses). 
 
        There is a diagnosis of bronchiectasis (refer to the ICD-10 code list in the LCD-related Policy Article for 
applicable diagnoses) which has been confirmed by a high resolution, spiral, or standard CT scan and which is 
characterized by: 
 
                Daily productive cough for at least 6 continuous months; or 
 
                Frequent (i.e., more than 2/year) exacerbations requiring antibiotic therapy. 
 
        Chronic bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the absence of a confirmed 
diagnosis of bronchiectasis do not meet this criterion. 
 
        The beneficiary has one of the following neuromuscular disease diagnoses (refer to the ICD-10 code list in 
the LCD-related Policy Article for applicable diagnoses): 
        Post-polio 
        Acid maltase deficiency 
        Anterior horn cell diseases 
        Multiple sclerosis 
        Quadriplegia 
        Hereditary muscular dystrophy         Myotonic disorders 
        Other myopathies 
        Paralysis of the diaphragm 
 
        There must be well-documented failure of standard treatments to adequately mobilize retained secretions. 
 
If all of the criteria are not met, the claim will be denied as not reasonable and necessary. 
 
It is not reasonable and necessary for a beneficiary to use both a HFCWO device and a mechanical in-
exsufflation device (E0482). 
 
Replacement supplies, A7025 and A7026, used with beneficiary owned equipment, are covered if the 
beneficiary meets the criteria listed above for the base device, E0483. If these criteria are not met claims will be 
denied as not reasonable and necessary. 
 
You can find this information in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) High Frequency Chest Wall 
Oscillation Devices L33785. 
 
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 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 cardiovascular nuclear imaging is indicated for the following:  
 
Indications: 
Cardiovascular nuclear imaging is indicated for the following: Assessment of the functional and prognostic 
importance of angina; Diagnostic evaluation of patients with chest pain and uninterpretable or equivocal 
electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) changes caused by drugs, bundle branch block, or left ventricular hypertrophy; 
Assessment of congenital anomalies of coronary arteries; Risk assessment or re-evaluation of disease in 
patients who are asymptomatic or have stable symptoms, with known atherosclerotic heart disease on 
catheterization or SPECT perfusion imaging, who have not had a revascularization procedure within the past 
two years; Detection of coronary artery disease in patients, without chest pain syndrome, with new-onset of 
diagnosed heart failure or left ventricular systolic dysfunction; Evaluation of ischemic versus non-ischemic 
cardiomyopathy when cardiac catheterization / coronary angiography are not planned; Evaluation of 
myocardial perfusion and/or function before and after coronary artery bypass surgery or other re-perfusion 
procedures; Quantification and surveillance of myocardial infarction and prognostication in patients with 
infarction; and preoperative assessment for non-cardiac surgery, when used to determine risk for surgery and/or 
perioperative management in certain cases. You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services, Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine (L33560). 
 
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 Percutaneous vertebroplasty and percutaneous vertebral augmentation (PVA or 
Kyphoplasty) procedures will be considered medically reasonable and necessary for the following indications 
for painful, debilitating, osteoporotic vertebral collapse/compression fractures, defined as those that have not 
responded to non-surgical medical management (e.g. narcotic and/or non- narcotic medication, physical 
therapy modalities) with and without methods of immobility (e.g. rest, bracing). You can find this information 
in Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation (PVA) for Vertebral 
Compression Fracture (VCF) (L35130). 
 
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 as a covered entity under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), 
Medicare must use the place of service (POS) codes from the National POS code set for processing its 
electronically submitted claims. Medicare must also recognize as valid POS codes from the POS code set when 
these codes appear on such a claim. You can find this in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 
(CMS), Internet-Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 26, Section 
10.5. 
 
The CMS website lists POS code 10 as a valid POS code. It is noted that this code was effective on January 1, 
2022, and became available to Medicare on April 1, 2022. You can find this at 
https://www.cms.gov/medicare/coding/place-of-service-codes/place_of_service_code_set 
 
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 capped rental durable medical equipment (DME) items, Medicare pays the fee schedule 
amounts on a monthly rental basis not to exceed a period of continuous use of 15 months. You can find this 
information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet-Only Manual, Publication 100-04, 
Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter20, Section 30.5. 
 
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 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. 
Authorization is required if services are performed by a non-contracted provider. You can find this information 
on pages 53 to 55 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 state that thermal destruction of the intraosseous basivertebral nerve (BVN) will be considered 
medically reasonable and necessary for the treatment of chronic low back pain (cLBP) in patients who meet all 
of the following criteria: 
1. Chronic lumbar back pain of 6 or more months duration that causes functional deficit measured on a 
pain or disability scale 
2. Documented failure to respond to 6 or more months of non-surgical management 
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, 
4. Evidence of Type 1 or Type 2 Modic changes on magnetic resonance imaging (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. 
 
You can find these rules in Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Thermal Destruction of the Intraosseous 
Basivertebral Nerve (BVN) for Vertebrogenic Lower Back Pain (L39420). 
 
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 Medicare may cover a drug or biological if it is safe and effective and otherwise reasonable 
and necessary. 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 50.4.1. 
  
Medicare rules also allow the plan to use step therapy. This is the process of beginning drug therapy for a 
medical condition with "preferred" (or more cost-effective) on-formulary drug alternative(s) and progressing to 
other drug therapies only as necessary. A plan must grant an exception to its step therapy rules if it determines 
that the requested drug is medically necessary, consistent with the prescriber's statement. The statement must 
show that the step therapy drugs: have been ineffective in treating the enrollee; or are likely to be ineffective or 
adversely affect the drug's effectiveness or patient compliance; or are likely to cause an adverse reaction or 
other harm to the enrollee.  
 
Medicare Advantage plans should ensure that new step therapy requirements do not disrupt ongoing Part B 
drug therapies for enrollees. Step therapy may only be applied to new prescriptions or administrations of Part B 
drugs for enrollees that are not actively receiving the affected medication. You can find this information at 42 
CFR Sections 422.2 and 422.136. 
 
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 has step therapy requirements for certain Medicare Part B covered drugs/biologicals. 
Enrollees may be required to try a preferred drug before the Plan will approve the requested medication. You 
can find this information on page 63-64 in the Plan's 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 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 physician services furnished in hospital outpatient departments or hospital-based entities 
(other than RHCs) must be billed with the correct site-of-service so that appropriate physician and practitioner 
payment amounts can be determined under the rules of Part 414 of this chapter. You can find this rule in the 42 
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 413.65. 
 
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. The Plan contract says that the POS benefit only applies to 
covered routine dental services. 
 
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, this benefit only applies to covered routine dental services. You can find this 
information on page 3-4 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 state that the following medical items, supplies, and services furnished to inpatients are covered 
under Part A. Consequently, they are covered by the prospective payment rate or reimbursed as reasonable 
costs under Part A to hospitals excluded from prospective payment system (PPS): 
- Laboratory services (excluding anatomic pathology services and certain clinical pathology services); 
- Pacemakers and other prosthetic devices including lenses, and artificial limbs, knees, and hips; 
- Radiology services including computed tomography (CT) scans furnished to inpatients by a physician's 
office, other hospital, or radiology clinic; 
- Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) services; and 
- Transportation, including transportation by ambulance, to and from another hospital or freestanding 
facility to receive specialized diagnostic or therapeutic services not available at the facility where the 
patient is an inpatient. 
 
You can find these rules in Medicare Claims Processing Manual Chapter 3, Section 10.4. 
 
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 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 a type 1 Excludes note is a pure excludes note.  An Excludes1 note indicates that the code 
excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used 
when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same 
condition. You can find this rule in the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY 2023. 
 
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.