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 40.1 - Notice of Admission (NOA) 
HHAs must send the NOA to the A/B MAC (HHH) by mail, electronic data interchange (EDI), or direct data 
entry (DDE). EDI submissions require additional data not required by the NOA itself, to satisfy transaction 
standards. This data is described in a companion guide available on the CMS website. HHAs may voluntarily 
agree to adopt the companion guide and use it to submit EDI NOAs at any time. Admission/Start of Care Date - 
Required - The Admission date on the NOA must always match the From date. 
40.2 - HH PPS Claims 
The following data elements are required to submit a claim under home health PPS. For billing of home health 
claims not under an HH plan of care (not under HH PPS), see 90. Home health services under a plan of care 
are paid based on a 30-day period of care. HHAs submit an NOA at the beginning of an admission and then 
submit one claim for each 30-day period of care. Claims submitted before an NOA has been received for the 
beneficiary will be returned to the provider. Admission/Start of Care Date - Required - The HHA enters a date 
of admission matching the From date on the first period of care in an admission. On subsequent periods of care, 
the HHA continues to submit the admission date reported on the first period of care. You can find this 
information in the Medicare Claims Processing Manual Chapter 10 - Home Health Agency Billing. 
 
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 a health plan must disclose to its enrollees in clear, accurate terms all cost sharing information 
(such as copayments, deductibles and coinsurance). You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.111(a) and 
(b). 
 
The rules say that a copayment is a fixed amount charged to an enrollee on a per-service basis. The rules say 
that coinsurance is a fixed percentage of the total amount paid for a health care service that can be charged to 
an enrollee on a per-service basis. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.2. 
 
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 enrollees must pay 15% coinsurance for outpatient surgery and other medical services 
provided at hospital outpatient facilities and ambulatory surgical centers and Physician/practitioner services, 
including doctors office visit. You can find this information on page(s) 4-4, 4-54 to 4-57 of the Plan's 2022 
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 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 in Chapter 4 on pages 55-56 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 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 
abutment supported porcelain fused to metal crowns (D6060) and prefabricated abutments (D6056). You can 
find this information on pages 94 to 100 of the Plans 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). 
 
The rules say that no payment may be made for the implantation of dorsal column or depth brain stimulators or 
services and supplies related to such implantation, unless all of the conditions listed below have been met: 
 
    The implantation of the stimulator is used only as a late resort (if not a last resort) for patients with chronic 
intractable pain; 
    With respect to item a, other treatment modalities (pharmacological, surgical, physical, or psychological 
therapies) have been tried and did not prove satisfactory, or are judged to be unsuitable or contraindicated for 
the given patient; 
    Patients have undergone careful screening, evaluation and diagnosis by a multidisciplinary team prior to 
implantation. (Such screening must include psychological, as well as physical evaluation); 
    All the facilities, equipment, and professional and support personnel required for the proper diagnosis, 
treatment training, and follow up of the patient (including that required to satisfy item c) must be available; and 
    Demonstration of pain relief with a temporarily implanted electrode precedes permanent implantation. 
You can find this information in Medicare's National Coverage Determination (NCD): Electrical Nerve 
Stimulators (160.7). 
 
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 the spine is the most common source of chronic pain. Chronic axial spinal pain is one of the 
major causes of disability and accounts for a substantial U.S. health burden. Chronic spine pain poses a 
peculiar diagnostic and therapeutic challenge due to multiple pain sources, overlapping clinical features, and 
nonspecific radiological findings. 
 
The facet joints can cause axial spinal pain and referred pain in the extremities. The pathology of the pain 
source is due to facet joints being richly innervated by the nerve fibers from the medial branch of the dorsal 
ramus of spinal nerves. Each facet has a dual nerve supply. One exception is at the C2C3 zygapophysial joint, 
which has a singular nerve supply from the third occipital nerve (the superficial medial branch of C3 dorsal 
ramus). 
 
    Facet Joint Interventions generally consist of four types of procedures: Intraarticular (IA) Facet Joint 
Injections, Medial Branch Blocks (MBB), Radiofrequency Ablations (RFA) and Facet cyst rupture/aspiration. 
 
Facet Joint Interventions are considered medically reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of 
chronic pain in patients who meet ALL of the following criteria: 
 
        Moderate to severe chronic neck or low back pain, predominantly axial, that causes functional deficit 
measured on pain or disability scale; AND* 
        Pain that has been present for a minimum of 3 months with documented failure to respond to noninvasive 
conservative care management (as tolerated); AND 
        Absence of untreated radiculopathy or neurogenic claudication (except for radiculopathy caused by facet 
joint synovial cyst); AND 
        There is no non-facet 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. 
 
    *Pain assessment must be performed and documented at baseline, after each diagnostic procedure using the 
same pain scale for each assessment. A disability scale must also be obtained at baseline to be used for 
functional assessment (if patient qualifies for treatment). 
 
You can find this rule in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) Facet Joint Interventions for Pain 
Management L34892. 
 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 both Initial Hospital Care (CPT codes 99221  99223) and Subsequent Hospital Care codes 
are per diem services and may be reported only once per day by the same physician or physicians of the same 
specialty from the same group practice. 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 
30.6.9. 
 
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 say that expandable Controller - An electronic system that is capable of accommodating one or more 
of the following additional functions: 
a. Proportional input devices (e.g., mini, compact, or short throw joysticks, touchpads, chin control, head 
control, etc.) other than a standard proportional joystick. 
b. Non-proportional input devices (e.g., sip and puff, head array, etc.) 
c. Operate 3 or more powered seating actuators through the drive control. (Note: Control of the power seating 
actuators though the Control Input Device would require the use of an additional component, E2310 or E2311.) 
"An expandable controller may also be able to operate one or more of the following: 
d. A separate display (i.e., for alternate control devices) 
e. Other electronic devices (e.g., control of an augmentative speech device or computer through the chair's 
drive control) 
f. An attendant control 
 
A power tilt and recline seating system (E1006-E1008) includes: a solid seat platform and a solid back; any 
frame width and depth; detachable or flip-up fixed height or adjustable height armrests; fixed or swingaway 
detachable legrests; fixed or flip-up footplates; two motors and related electronics with or without variable 
speed programmability; a switch control which is independent of the power wheelchair drive control interface; 
 
A power leg elevation feature (E1010, E1012) involves dedicated motor(s) and related electronics with or 
without variable speed programmability which allows the legrest to be raised and lowered independently of the 
recline and/or tilt of the seating system. It includes a switch control which may or may not be integrated with 
the power tilt and/or recline control(s). You can find this information in Medicare's Local Coverage Article: 
Wheelchair Options/Accessories - Policy Article (A52504). 
 
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 Diagnostic Facet Joint Procedures (IA or MBB): 
The primary indication of a diagnostic facet joint procedure is to diagnose whether the patient has facet 
syndrome. Intraarticular (IA) facet block(s) are considered reasonable and necessary as a diagnostic test only if 
medial branch blocks (MMB) cannot be performed due to specific documented anatomic restrictions or there is 
an indication to proceed with therapeutic intraarticular injections. These restrictions must be clearly 
documented in the medical record and made available upon request. 
 
Diagnostic procedures should be performed with the intent that if successful, radiofrequency ablation (RFA) 
procedure would be considered the primary treatment goal at the diagnosed level(s). 
 
A second diagnostic facet procedure is considered medically necessary to confirm validity of the initial 
diagnostic facet procedure when administered at the same level. The second diagnostic procedure may only be 
performed a minimum of 2 weeks after the initial diagnostic procedure. Clinical circumstances that necessitate 
an exception to the two-week duration may be considered on an individual basis and must be clearly 
documented in the medical record.  
 
For the first diagnostic facet joint procedure:  
For the first diagnostic facet joint procedure to be considered medically reasonable and necessary, the patient 
must meet the criteria outlined under indications for facet joint interventions. 
A second confirmatory diagnostic facet joint procedure is considered medically reasonable and necessary in 
patients who meet ALL the following criteria: 
The patient meets the criteria for the first diagnostic procedure; AND 
After the first diagnostic facet joint procedure, there must be a consistent positive response of at least 80% 
relief of primary (index) pain (with the duration of relief being consistent with the agent used)  
Frequency limitation: For each covered spinal region no more than four (4) diagnostic joint sessions will be 
reimbursed per rolling 12 months, in recognition that the pain generator cannot always be identified with the 
initial and confirmatory diagnostic procedure. You can find this information in Medicare's Local Coverage 
Determination (LCD): Facet Joint Interventions for Pain Management (L38765). 
 
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 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 codes paid via the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) have an assigned Professional Component 
(PC)/Technical Component (TC) Indicator. A PC/TC indicator of 3 means that the code is a stand-alone code 
that describes the technical component (i.e., staff and equipment costs) of selected diagnostic tests for which 
there is an associated code that describes the professional component of the diagnostic tests only. You can find 
this information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet-Only Manual, Publication 100-04, 
Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 23, Section 50.6. 
 
The rules also say that the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) recognizes that Current Procedural 
Terminology (CPT) code 99153 is a practice expense (PE) only code and are finalizing the proposed PE inputs 
for CPT code 99153. You can find this information in the Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule. 
 
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 codes with "090" in Field 16 are major surgeries. Codes with "000" or "010" are either minor 
surgical procedures or endoscopies. You can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Internet Only Manual, Pub 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 12, Section 40.1. 
 
The rules say the global period for major surgeries is 90 days immediately following the day of surgery. You 
can find this rule in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Pub 100-04, 
Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 12, Section 40.1. 
 
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 includes the 
dental services listed in the supplemental dental benefit chart. A consultation (D9310) is not among the services 
covered by the Plan's dental benefits. You can find this information in Chapter 4 on pages 85 to 88 of the 
Plans 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 Facet Joint Interventions are considered medically reasonable and necessary for the 
diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain in patients who meet ALL the following criteria: 
-Moderate to severe chronic neck or low back pain, predominantly axial, that causes functional deficit 
measured on pain or disability scale. 
-Pain present for minimum of 3 months with documented failure to respond to noninvasive conservative 
management (as tolerated). 
-Absence of untreated radiculopathy or neurogenic claudication (except for radiculopathy caused by facet joint 
synovial cyst). 
-There is no non-facet 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. You can find 
this rule in the  Medicare Local Coverage Determination (LCD)- L35936, Facet Joint Interventions for Pain 
Management. 
 
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.