About this policy
CMS evidence review | evidence_type=MEDCAC Meeting | record_type=medcac_meeting | document_id=21 | meeting_date=2003-02-12
Coverage indications
An ICD is implanted in a patient’s chest to monitor heart rhythm and deliver an electrical shock when a life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia is detected. CMS currently covers ICDs for several indications listed in CIM 35-85. CMS has received a request to expand these indications to include patients with a prior myocardial infarction and an ejection fraction of less than 30% without requiring evidence of arrhythmias. CMS will review the current policy and consider the requested indications.
Codes in this policy
Code numbers and each code’s status as the policy records it. CPT code descriptions are left out of this page, as are the passages that cite CPT codes; the official document has them.
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