Technical Corrections to the NCD Manual
We are making technical changes to correct for errors
that occurred in converting the Coverage Issues Manual to the National Coverage
Determination (NCD) Manual. We are also making changes to remove coding from the
NCDs as the statute exempts coding from NCDs. Specifically, we are deleting the
duplicative material in section 20.8.3, 150.4, 160.3, and 160.11. We have deleted the
coding information from sections 40.2, 80.11, 140.1, 150.5, 210.1, 210.2, 260.1 and
300.1. We are removing utilization parameters that were not part of the CIM policy
immediately prior to conversion to the NCD manual from section 20.29. We are
removing a cross reference to a section deleted above from section 160.7.1. We are
deleting inappropriate material form section 160.8. We are deleting duplicate
information from section 190.2 and inserting a cross reference to the remaining location.
We are restoring a portion of a sentence in limitation 7 in section 190.14 that was omitted
in the manualization of the final rule announcing the policy that was developed under
negotiated rulemaking. We are correcting typographical errors that occurred it the
conversion of sections 230.8 and 230.19 from the CIM to the NCD Manual. We are
deleting the material in section 270.1.1 that inadvertently was not removed when the
updated policy on electrical stimulation for wound healing was promulgated in section
270.1.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: March 17, 2006
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