Policy Article Revision Summary for February 1 2018 - JA DME

Posted on February 1, 2018

Outlined below are the principal changes to the DME MAC Oral Antiemetic Drugs (Replacement for Intravenous Antiemetics) Policy Article (PA) that has been revised and posted. Please review the entire PA for complete information.

Oral Antiemetic Drugs (Replacement for Intravenous Antiemetics)
Revision Effective Date: 10/01/2017

Covered ICD-10 Codes
Added: New ICD-10 codes
Deleted: Non-valid ICD-10 C96.2, D47.0 effective 09/30/17 (all other ICD-10 codes deleted effective 10/01/15)

02/01/18: At this time 21st Century Cures Act applies to new and revised LCDs that restrict coverage, which require comment and notice. This revision is to an article that is not a local coverage determination.

Note: The information contained in this article is only a summary of revisions to the LCDs and Policy Articles.  For complete information on any topic, you must review the LCDs and/or Policy Articles.