01/04/2024
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R15
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Under CMS National Coverage Policy updated section headings and regulation descriptions. Under Bibliography changes were made to citations to reflect AMA citation guidelines. Formatting and punctuation errors were corrected throughout.
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- Provider Education/Guidance
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11/11/2021
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R14
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Under CMS National Coverage Policy updated regulation descriptions and section headings.
This revision is effective on 11/11/21.
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- Provider Education/Guidance
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12/03/2020
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R13
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Under CMS National Coverage Policy added section headings to the regulations. Typographical errors were corrected throughout the LCD.
At this time 21st Century Cures Act will apply to new and revised LCDs that restrict coverage which requires comment and notice. This revision is not a restriction to the coverage determination; and, therefore not all the fields included on the LCD are applicable as noted in this policy.
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- Provider Education/Guidance
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10/24/2019
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R12
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This LCD is being revised in order to adhere to CMS requirements per chapter 13, section 13.5.1 of the Program Integrity Manual, to remove all coding from LCDs. There has been no change in coverage with this LCD revision. Regulations regarding billing and coding were removed from the CMS National Coverage Policy section of this LCD and placed in the related Billing and Coding: Hospice The Adult Failure To Thrive Syndrome A56679 article.
At this time 21st Century Cures Act will apply to new and revised LCDs that restrict coverage which requires comment and notice. This revision is not a restriction to the coverage determination; and, therefore not all the fields included on the LCD are applicable as noted in this policy.
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- Provider Education/Guidance
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07/04/2019
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R11
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All coding located in the Coding Information section has been moved into the related Billing and Coding: Hospice The Adult Failure To Thrive Syndrome A56679 article and removed from the LCD.
All verbiage regarding billing and coding under the Associated Information section has been removed and is included in the related Billing and Coding: Hospice The Adult Failure To Thrive Syndrome A56679 article. Formatting, punctuation and typographical errors were corrected throughout the LCD.
At this time 21st Century Cures Act will apply to new and revised LCDs that restrict coverage which requires comment and notice. This revision is not a restriction to the coverage determination; and, therefore not all the fields included on the LCD are applicable as noted in this policy.
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- Provider Education/Guidance
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06/20/2019
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R10
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Under CMS National Coverage Policy removed the first paragraph regarding quoted Internet Only Manual (IOM) text and consolidated CMS Internet-Only Manual, Pub 100-04, Medicare Claim Processing Manual, Chapter 11, §§30.2, 30.2.2, 30.3, and 30.4 regulation. Under Bibliography changes were made to citations to reflect AMA citation guidelines. Formatting, punctuation and typographical errors were corrected throughout the LCD. Acronyms were inserted and defined where appropriate throughout the LCD.
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- Provider Education/Guidance
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05/03/2018
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R9
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Under CMS National Coverage Policy in the first paragraph deleted the second and third sentence.
At this time 21st Century Cures Act will apply to new and revised LCDs that restrict coverage which requires comment and notice. This revision is not a restriction to the coverage determination; and, therefore not all the fields included on the LCD are applicable as noted in this policy.
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- Provider Education/Guidance
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05/04/2017
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R8
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Under CMS National Coverage Policy Change Request 9369, Transmittal 3378, dated October 16, 2015 was deleted as the information has been manualized and the following reference was added: CMS Internet-Only Manual, Pub 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 11, §§30.2, 30.2.2, and 30.3.
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- Provider Education/Guidance
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01/01/2017
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R7
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Under CPT/HCPCS Codes the description was revised for HCPCS code G0300. This revision is due to the 2017 Annual CPT/HCPCS Code Update and becomes effective 1/1/17.
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- Provider Education/Guidance
- Revisions Due To CPT/HCPCS Code Changes
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10/01/2016
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R6
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Under ICD-10 Codes That Support Medical Necessity added ICD-10 code M62.84. This revision is due to the Annual ICD-10 Code Update and becomes effective 10/01/16.
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- Provider Education/Guidance
- Revisions Due To ICD-10-CM Code Changes
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05/05/2016
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R5
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Under CMS National Coverage Policy added verbiage related to italicized text found throughout the LCD and revised “hospice” to read “terminally ill individual” in the first citation. Section 20.2 was deleted from the following: CMS Internet-Only Manual, Pub 100-02, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 9, §§10, 20.1, 20.2.1, 40, and 80 and added “each” in the verbiage for Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, §1812 (a)(4). Under Coverage Indications, Limitations and/or Medical Necessity for clarification purposes, revised the last paragraph to now read, “In the event a beneficiary presenting with a nutritional impairment and disability does not meet the medical criteria listed above, but is still thought to be eligible for the Medicare Hospice Benefit, an alternate diagnosis that best describes the clinical circumstances of the individual beneficiary should be selected (e.g. R63.4 "abnormal loss of weight" and R64 "Cachexia").” Under Associated Information-Documentation Requirements 1. deleted “the”. Under Sources of Information and Basis for Decision deleted “et al” and added author names to Anderson F, Downing GM, Hill J, Casorso L, Lerch N. Palliative performance scale (PPS): A new tool. Journal of Palliative Care. 1996;12(1):5-11. ”Et al” was deleted, an author name and page numbers were added, and the place of publication was added for the following: Fried L, Walston J. Frailty and Failure to Thrive. In: Hazzard WR, Blass JP, Ettinger WH, Ouslander J, eds. Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. New York, NY: McGraw Hill Companies, Inc;1999:1308-1402.
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- Provider Education/Guidance
- Typographical Error
- Other
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01/01/2016
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R4
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Under CMS National Coverage Policy section added CMS Internet-Only Manual, Pub 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Change Request 9369, Transmittal 3378 dated October 16, 2015. Under CPT/HCPCS Codes section added HCPCS codes G0299 and G0300.
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- Revisions Due To CPT/HCPCS Code Changes
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10/01/2015
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R3
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Per CMS Internet-Only Manual, Pub 100-08, Medicare Program Integrity Manual, Chapter 13, §13.1.3 LCDs consist of only “reasonable and necessary” information. All bill type and revenue codes have been removed.
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- Other (Bill type and/or revenue code removal)
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10/01/2015
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R2
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Under CMS National Coverage Policy added citation for CMS Internet-Only Manual 100-04, Chapter 11, §30.3 and 30.4; added citation for Change Request 8877, Transmittal 3032 Dated August 22, 2014. Under Coverage Indications, Limitations and/or Medical Necessity removed the last paragraph “In the event a beneficiary presenting with a nutritional impairment and disability does not meet the medical criteria listed above, but is still thought to be eligible for the Medicare Hospice Benefit, an alternate diagnosis that best describes the clinical circumstances of the individual beneficiary should be selected (e.g. 783.21 "abnormal loss of weight" and 799.4 "Cachexia")”. Corrected the paragraph to read “R63.4 “abnormal loss of weight” and R64 “Cachexia” are additional secondary diagnoses which may describe the clinical circumstances of an individual beneficiary”. Under ICD-10 Codes that Support Medical Necessity added R63.4 and R64. Under Associated Information added a "Utilization Guidelines" section with manual instructions on the use of ill-defined diagnoses. The instructions are as follows: Hospices may not report diagnosis codes that cannot be used as the principal diagnosis according to ICD-10-CM Coding Guidelines or require further compliance with various ICD-10-CM coding conventions, such as those that have principal diagnosis code sequencing guidelines and Hospices may not report debility, failure to thrive, or dementia codes classified as unspecified as principal hospice diagnoses on the hospice claim.
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- Provider Education/Guidance
- Other (Annual Validation)
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10/01/2015
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R1
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In CMS National Coverage Policy, added Hospice Care to citation for 42 CFR and added Title XVII- Health Insurance for the aged and disabled reference. In Coverage and Indications, Limitations and /or Medical Necessity added “have an” in the last sentence of the first paragraph. Removed in-text citations as corrections were made to the citation list.
In Sources of Information and Basis for Decision, corrected all citations to AMA formatting. Moved Title XVII- Health Insurance for the aged and disabled reference to CMS National Coverage Policy.
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- Provider Education/Guidance
- Other (Annual Validation)
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