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Wiki MRI/CT brain LCD for Medicare

Thread starter GOFORTHM
Start date Apr 29, 2015

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Apr 29, 2015

I'm confused why the diagnosis codes for senile dementia 290.3 and delirium 293.0 are only covered by Medicare for CT or MRI brain studies when accompanied by an injury code. Some of the injury codes are for such body parts as the finger. Does anyone have any insight about this policy?

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