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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 covers services in an emergency department only if the emergency clinic is 
affiliated with a hospital. You can find this rule at Social Security Act Section 1861, 42 CFR Section 489.24, 
and 42 CFR Section 413.65. 
 
The rules say that Medicare is creating additional flexibilities to allow licensed independent freestanding 
emergency departments (EDs) to participate in Medicare and Medicaid to help address the urgent need to 
increase hospital capacity to provide care to patients. The following ways to participate include: 
1. Becoming affiliated with a Medicare/Medicaid-certified hospital under the temporary expansion 1135 
emergency waiver. 
2. Participating in Medicaid under the clinic benefit if permitted by the State, or 
3. Enrolling temporarily as a Medicare/Medicaid-certified hospital to provide hospital services 
You can find this information in The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Guidance for 
Licensed Independent Freestanding Emergency Departments (EDs) to Participate in Medicare and Medicaid 
during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. 
 
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. 
 
Medicare rules say that when billing drug testing, for the monitoring of patients on methadone maintenance and 
chronic pain patients with opioid dependence, providers must bill a primary diagnosis code of  Z79.899. The 
provider will then need to bill a diagnoses code that is covered under the Group 1 Codes section as the 
secondary diagnosis.  You can find this rule at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Local Coverage 
Article A56915 entitled "Billing and Coding: Drug Testing." 
 
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 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. 
 
The rules state that, for Papanicolaou (Pap) smears performed on and after July 1, 2001, if the beneficiary does 
not qualify for more frequent screening, payment may be made for a screening Pap smear after 23 months has 
passed after the end of the month of the last covered smear. If the enrollee is at high-risk of developing cervical 
or vaginal cancer, a Pap smear is covered if at least 11 months have passed following the month that the last 
covered Pap smear was performed. The high-risk factors for cervical and vaginal cancer are: 
- Early onset of sexual activity (under 16 years of age) 
- Multiple sexual partners (5 or more in a lifetime) 
- History of a sexually transmitted disease 
- Fewer than three negative or any Pap smears within the previous 7 years 
- Diethylstilbestrol (DES) exposed daughters of women who took DES during pregnancy 
 
You can find these rules in Medicare Claims Processing Manual Chapter 18, Section 30.1. 
 
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 
coverage for specific dental items/services stated in the Plans contract. Collection and application of an 
autologous blood concentrate product (D7921) and sinus augmentation with bone or bone substitutes via a 
lateral open approach (D7951) are not covered. You can find this information in the Plans 2023 Dental Benefit 
Details Guide.
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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 an axial rotation unit (L5982, L5984, L5985, L5986) is covered for beneficiaries whose 
functional level is 2 or above. 
 
A microprocessor controlled ankle foot system (L5973), energy storing foot (L5976), dynamic response foot 
with multi-axial ankle (L5979), flex foot system (L5980), flex-walk system or equal (L5981), or shank foot 
system with vertical loading pylon (L5987) is covered for beneficiaries whose functional level is 3 or above. 
 
A fluid, pneumatic, or electronic/microprocessor knee (L5610, L5613, L5614, L5722, L5724, L5726, L5728, 
L5780, L5814, L5822, L5824, L5826, L5828, L5830, L5840, L5848, L5856, L5857, L5858) is covered for 
beneficiaries whose functional level is 3 or above. 
 
You can find this information in Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Lower Limb Prostheses (L33787). 
 
When submitting a prosthetic claim, the billed code for knee, foot, ankle and hip (HCPCS codes L5610, L5611, 
L5613, L5614, L5616, L5710, L5711, L5712, L5714, L5716, L5718, L5722, L5724, L5726, L5728, L5780, 
L5810, L5811, L5812, L5814, L5816, L5818, L5822, L5824, L5826, L5828, L5830, L5840, L5848, L5856, 
L5857, L5858, L5859, L5930, L5961, L5970, L5971, L5972, L5973, L5974, L5975, L5976, L5978, L5979, 
L5980, L5981, L5982, L5984, L5985, L5986, L5987) components must be submitted with modifiers K0 - K4, 
indicating the expected beneficiary functional level. This expectation of functional ability information must be 
clearly documented and retained in the prosthetist's records. The simple entry of a K modifier in those records 
is not sufficient. There must be information about the beneficiarys history and current condition which 
supports the designation of the functional level by the prosthetist. 
 
You can find this information in Local Policy Article (LCA): Lower Limb Prostheses (A52496). 
 
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. 
 
The rules say sacroiliac joint injections (SIJI) will be considered medically reasonable and necessary when all 
the following requirements are met: 
        - Moderate to severe low back pain primarily experienced over the anatomical location of the SI joints 
between the upper level of the iliac crests and the gluteal fold, AND 
        - Low back pain duration of at least three (3) months, AND 
        - Low back pain below the fifth lumbar spine vertebrae (L5) without radiculopathy, AND 
        - Clinical findings and/or imaging studies do not suggest any other diagnosed or obvious cause of the 
lumbosacral pain (such as central spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication/myelopathy, foraminal stenosis 
or disc herniation with concordant radicular pain/radiculopathy, infection, tumor, fracture, pseudoarthrosis, or 
pain related to spinal instrumentation), AND 
        - At least three positive findings with provocative maneuvers: Flexion Abduction External Rotation 
(FABER), Gaenslen, Thigh Thrust or Posterior Shear, sacroiliac (SI) Compression, SI Distraction and Yeoman 
Tests, AND 
        - Low back pain persists despite a minimum of four weeks of conservative therapies. 
 
You can find this rule in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Sacroiliac Joint Injections and Procedures 
(L39462). 
 
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 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 a $125 copayment for each emergency room visit. You can find this 
information on page 61 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.

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 alveoloplasty and anesthesia . You can find this information in the 2023 Dental Benefits Chart.
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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 health plans, physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers must comply with the 
Official International Classification of Disease, 10th Edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) Coding 
Guidelines. You can find this rule in the Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 23, Section 10. 
 
The rules state that a type 1 Excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means NOT CODED HERE! 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.  
 
An exception to the Excludes1 definition is the circumstance when the two conditions are unrelated to each 
other. For example, code F45.8, Other somatoform disorders, has an Excludes1 note for "sleep related teeth 
grinding (G47.63)," because "teeth grinding" is an inclusion term under F45.8. Only one of these two codes 
should be assigned for teeth grinding. However psychogenic dysmenorrhea is also an inclusion term under 
F45.8, and a patient could have both this condition and sleep related teeth grinding. In this case, the two 
conditions are clearly unrelated to each other, and so it would be appropriate to report F45.8 and G47.63 
together. 
 
You can find this information in the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, Section I. 
Conventions, general coding guidelines and chapter specific guidelines. 
 
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 n initial service is one that occurs when the patient has not received any professional 
services from the physician or another physician of the same specialty who belongs to the same group practice 
during the stay. A subsequent service is one that occurs when the patient has received any professional services 
from the physician or another physician of the same specialty who belongs to the same group practice during 
the stay. You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet-Only 
Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 12, Section 30.6.9(e). 
 
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 patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) receiving administrations of erythropoetin-
stimulating agents (ESA) for the treatment of anemia may receive intravenous administration or subcutaneous 
administrations of the ESA. Effective for claims with dates of services on or after January 1, 2012, all facilities 
billing for injections of ESA for ESRD beneficiaries must include the modifier JA on the claim to indicate an 
intravenous administration or modifier JB to indicate a subcutaneous administration. ESRD claims containing 
ESA administrations that are submitted without the route of administration modifiers will be returned to the 
provider for correction. You can find this information in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Internet-Only Manual, Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 8, Section 60.4.2. 
 
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 state 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 in the Local Coverage Article (LCA): Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) 
Devices for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea - Policy Article (A52467). 
 
The rules also state that claims for power adapters and batteries used as alternative power sources for 
equipment capable of power operation are not covered by Medicare and will be denied as not medically 
necessary. Beneficiaries who need uninterrupted electric service to operate medically necessary equipment are 
encouraged to contact the power company servicing their area for information. You can find this information 
on the Noridian Medicare website at https://med.noridianmedicare.com/web/jddme/search-result/-
/view/2230703/ac-dc-power-adapters-and-backup-batteries 
 
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. 
 
he rules say that STV-packaged services are services for which separate payment is made only if there is no 
service with status indicator S, T, or V reported on the same claim. If a claim includes a service that is assigned 
status indicator S, T, or V reported on the same claim as the STV- packaged service, the payment for the STV-
packaged service is packaged into the payment for the service(s) with status indicator S, T, V and no separate 
payment is made for the STV-packaged service. STV-packaged services are assigned status indicator Q1. You 
can find this rule at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet-Only Publication 100-04, Medicare 
Claims Processing Manual Chapter 4, Section 10.4. 
 
The rules say that for codes with a Status Indicator of N on Addendum B of the Outpatient Prospective 
Payment System (OPPS), these are packaged services, meaning that no separate payment is made for these 
codes.  You can find this rule at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Addendum D1- OPPS Payment. 
 
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 oxygen equipment is paid based on a 36-month rental. After the 36 months has passed, the 
supplier who provided the equipment during the 36th rental month is required to continue to provide the 
equipment, accessories, contents (if applicable), maintenance, and repair of the oxygen equipment during the 5 
year reasonable useful lifetime of the equipment. You can find this rule at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, Local Coverage Article A52514 entitled "Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment- Policy Article." 
 
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 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 a $325 copayment for outpatient surgery, including services provided at 
hospital outpatient facilities. You can find this information on page(s) 67 of 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 state that the Medicare home infusion therapy services benefit covers the professional services, 
including nursing services, furnished in accordance with the plan of care, patient training and education (not 
otherwise covered under the durable medical equipment (DME) benefit), remote monitoring, and monitoring 
services for the provision of home infusion drugs, furnished by a qualified home infusion therapy supplier in 
the individual's home. The home infusion therapy services are covered for the safe and effective administration 
of certain drugs and biologicals administered intravenously, or subcutaneously for an administration period of 
15 minutes or more, in the home of an individual, through a pump that is an item of durable medical equipment 
(DME). You can find this in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet-Only Manual, 
Publication 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 320. 
 
The rules also say that payment may be made for home infusion supplies that are necessary for the effective use 
of durable medical equipment. You can find this information in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD): 
External Infusion Pumps (L33794). 
 
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.