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 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. 
 
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. You can find this information on page(s) 44 of the Plan's 2022-
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 effective for services performed on or after March 16, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services (CMS) has determined that Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) as a diagnostic laboratory 
test is reasonable and necessary and covered nationally, when performed in a Clinical Laboratory Improvement 
Amendments (CLIA)-certified laboratory, when ordered by a treating physician, and when all of the following 
requirements are met: 
   a. Patient has: 
 i. either recurrent, relapsed, refractory, metastatic, or advanced stage III or IV cancer; and 
 ii. not been previously tested with the same test using NGS for the same cancer genetic content,  
  iii. decided to seek further cancer treatment (e.g., therapeutic chemotherapy). 
   b. The diagnostic laboratory test using NGS must have:  
  i. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approval or clearance as a companion in vitro diagnostic;  
 ii. an FDA-approved or -cleared indication for use in that patients cancer; and, 
  iii. results provided to the treating physician for management of the patient using a report  
  template to specify treatment options. 
You can find this information in the National Coverage Determination (NCD): Next Generation Sequencing 
(NGS) (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.
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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 $45 copayment for physician/practitioner services/specialist. You can 
find this information on page(s) 100 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 adjustable angle footplates coded K0040 (ADJUSTABLE ANGLE FOOTPLATE, EACH) 
are separately payable when provided with leg rests coded as E1012. You can find this information in the 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. 
 
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 the treatments for symptomatic varicose tributaries are either compressive sclerotherapy or 
microphlebectomy. The treatments of the tributary veins will be considered medically necessary if saphenous 
reflux is not present or already successfully eliminated, the veins are > than 4 mm in diameter and if the patient 
remains symptomatic after a six-week trial of conservative therapy. The components of the conservative 
therapy include, but are not limited to: 
 
a. weight reduction, 
b. a daily exercise plan, 
c. periodic leg elevation, and 
d. the use of graduated compression stockings. 
 
The conservative therapy must be documented in the medical record. Inability to tolerate compressive bandages 
or stockings and the reason for such intolerance must be documented in the medical record. 
 
You can find this rule in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) - Varicose Veins of the Lower Extremity, 
Treatment of (L33575). 
 
The rules say that the patient is considered symptomatic if any of the following signs and symptoms of 
significantly diseased vessels of the lower extremities are documented in the medical record: 
 
1. stasis ulcer of the lower leg, 
2. significant pain and significant edema that interferes with activities of daily living, 
3. bleeding associated with the diseased vessels of the lower extremities, 
4. recurrent episodes of superficial phlebitis, 
5. stasis dermatitis, or 
6. refractory dependent edema. 
 
You can find this rule in the Local Coverage Determination (LCD) - Varicose Veins of the Lower Extremity, 
Treatment of (L33575).  
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 that monoclonal antibodies directed against amyloid for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease 
(AD) provided outside of an Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved randomized controlled trial, 
CMS-approved studies, or studies supported by the National Institute of Health (NIH), are nationally non-
covered. You can find this information in National Coverage Determination (NCD): Monoclonal Antibodies 
Directed Against Amyloid for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) (200.3). 
 
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.
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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 coverage is provided up to a maximum of 15 dressing kits (A6550) per wound per month. 
When billing for quantities of canisters greater than those described in the policy as the usual maximum 
amounts, there must be clear and explicit information in the medical record that justifies the additional 
quantities. You can find this rule in the Local Coverage Determination for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy 
Pumps, L33821. 
 
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 the provider, supplier, or beneficiary, as appropriate, must furnish to the intermediary or 
carrier sufficient information to determine whether payment is due and the amount of payment. You can find 
this rule at 42 CFR 424.5. 
 
The rules say for Medicare to consider coverage and payment for any item or service, the information 
submitted by the supplier or provider must corroborate the documentation in the beneficiary's medical 
documentation and confirm that Medicare coverage criteria have been met. You can see this in the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, Internet Only Manual, Publication 100-08, Medicare Program Integrity 
Manual, Chapter 3, Section 3.3.2.1. 
 
The rules say that an "order" is a communication from the treating physician/practitioner requesting that a 
diagnostic test be performed for a beneficiary. While a physician order is not required to be signed, the 
physician must clearly document, in the medical record, his or her intent that the test be performed. You can 
find this information in the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 80.6 
 
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 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. If it is not clear whether the two conditions involving an Excludes1 note are related or not, query the 
provider. 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 rule in the 2023 international classification of diseases, tenth edition, clinical modification 
(ICD-10-CM) Diagnosis Codebook, Section I.A(12). 
 
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 a Medicare plan may restrict members to a network of providers as long as medically 
necessary covered care is accessible and available through this network. The rules say that the Plan must 
arrange for and cover any medically necessary covered benefit of the plan provider network, but at in-network 
cost sharing, when an in-network provider or benefit is unavailable or inadequate to meet a member's medical 
needs. You can find this rule at 42 CFR Section 422.112(a)(1)(iii). 
 
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. You can find this information on pages 20-32 in the Plan's 2023 
Evidence of Coverage.
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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 $35 copayment for physician/practitioner services/specialist. You can 
find this information on page(s) 87 of the Plan's 2023 Evidence of Coverage.
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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.  
  
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 Plan 
contract says that enrollees must pay a $10 copayment for an office visit per visit for all non-Medicare covered 
services and you must pay a 50% coinsurance for each major dental service. You can find this information on 
pages 52 to 53 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 diagnostic sacroiliac joint injections (SIJI) are considered reasonable and necessary for 
patients who meet all the following criteria: 
 
1. The patient must meet the criteria for SIJI: 
a. 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 
b. Low back pain duration of at least three (3) months, and 
c. Low back pain below L5 without radiculopathy, and 
d. 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 
e. At least three positive findings with provocative maneuvers: FABER, Gaenslen, Thigh Thrust or 
Posterior Shear, SI Compression, SI Distraction and Yeoman Tests,
 
and 
f. Low back pain persists despite a minimum of four weeks of conservative therapies. 
2. The SI joint injections must be performed under CT or fluoroscopy image guidance with contrast, 
except ultrasound guidance may be considered reasonable and necessary when there is a documented 
contrast allergy or pregnancy, since the accuracy with ultrasound guidance is inferior to fluoroscopic 
guidance, and 
3. SI joint injection are not performed with other musculoskeletal injections in the lumbosacral spine, and 
4. The documentation should show direct causal benefit from the SI joint injection and not from other 
musculoskeletal injections or treatments, and 
5. The diagnostic SIJI provided a minimum of 75% relief of primary (index) pain with the diagnostic SIJI 
was measured by the same pain scale at baseline. The measurements of pain must be taken pre-injection 
on the day of the SIJ injection, post-intervention on the day of the injection, and the days following the 
injection to substantiate and corroborate the pain scores consistent with the pain relief for the duration 
of the local anesthetic and/or steroid used. 
You can find this information in Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Sacroiliac Joint Injections and 
Procedures (L39455).  
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 coverage is extended only if there is sufficient clinical 
documentation of functional need for the technologic or design feature of a given type of foot. This information 
must be retained in the treating  practitioner's or prosthetist's files. You can find this information in the Local 
Coverage Determination LCD Lower Limb Prostheses L33787. 
 
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 says that sacroiliac joint (SIJ) denervation (also called radiofrequency ablation or RFA) is not 
considered reasonable and necessary. You can find this information in Local Coverage Determination (LCD): 
Sacroiliac Joint Injections and Procedures (L39402). 
 
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 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 Field 21 contains an indicator of 3, and multiple endoscopies are billed, the special rules 
for multiple endoscopic procedures apply. Pay the full value of the highest valued endoscopy, plus the 
difference between the next highest and the base endoscopy. 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 40.6.C(13). 
 
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.