INDEPENDENCE iBOT 4000 Mobility System
This CR updates the section 280.15, as it relates to the recent national coverage determination (NCD) memorandum for the INDEPENDENCE iBOT 4000 Mobility System. CMS will provide coverage for the Standard Function of the INDEPENDENCE iBOT 4000 Mobility System, which meets the definition of durable medical equipment under section 1861(n) of the Social Security Act, as a wheelchair used in the patients home that is reasonable and necessary for beneficiaries who have a personal mobility deficit sufficient to impair their participation in mobilityrelated activities of daily living in customary locations in the home.
Final
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: February 23, 2007
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