About this policy
CMS National Coverage Determination | ncd_id=139 | manual_section=270.5 | coverage_level_code=1 | national_coverage_type=True | under_review=False | lab_ncd=False
Coverage indications
Porcine (pig) skin dressings are covered, if reasonable and necessary for the individual patient as an occlusive dressing for burns, donor sites of a homograft, and decubiti and other ulcers. Gradient pressure dressings are Jobst elasticized heavy duty dressings used to reduce hypertrophic scarring and joint contractures following burn injury. They are covered when used for that purpose.
Documentation requirements
Benefit Categories: 70 - Surgical Dressings
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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