Technical Revisions Only to the National Coverage Determination (NCD) Manual, Publication (Pub) 100-03
The purpose of this Change Request (CR) is to announce technical changes that were made to the National Coverage Determination (NCD) Manual, Publication 100-03, Chapter 1 Parts 1, 3, and 4. Proposed manual changes include: (1) In Chapter 1, Part 1, Section 20.33 Transcatheter Edge-To-Edge (TEER) for Mitral Valve Regurgitation title was corrected to align with the title of the NCD. (2) In Chapter 1, Part 1, Section 20.4 Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs), in Part B number 4 added verbiage ‘or cardiac arrest due to VF’ to align with Section I of the Final Decision Memo. (3) In Chapter 1, Part 3, Section 190.1 Histocompatibility Testing, removed 4 bullets and replaced them with letters to align with the original Coverage Issues Manual language. (4) In Chapter 1, Part 4, Section 280.1, in the DME reference list, the Muscle Stimulator hyperlink is being changed from 250.4 to 160.12 to refer back to the correct section in the manual.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: June 29, 2023
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