This coverage article has been retired under contractor numbers: 01112 (NCA), 01182 (SCA), 01212 (AS, GU, HI, NMI), and 01312 (NV).

Effective Date: September 17, 2021

Summary: Articles may be retired due to changes in coding, coverage, and/or documentation requirements. Where providers have adjusted their billing and coding practices to correspond to the guidance in a coverage policy, they will want to be very careful in departing from these practices just because the article is retired. Provider offices remain responsible for correct performance, coding, billing, and medical necessity under Medicare. This responsibility for correct claims submission is unchanged whether or not an article is place.

Visit the Noridian Medicare Coverage Articles webpage to access the Retired articles in the CMS MCD.