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    Wiki Routine Foot Care and the LCDs

    Hello, I am hoping to gain some clarification make sure that I understand the LCD correctly. The practice that I work for uses 2 different LCDs (depending on what state the patient was seen in--A57759 or A57188). When using the patient's systemic condition as the diagnosis code when billing...
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    Wiki Is Medicare LCD based on where patient lives or where service is provided?

    My understanding is that the Medicare LCD for a given procedure is based on where the procedure is performed, such that, for example, if a patient lives in Novitas jurisdiction, but travels to and has a procedure performed in a Palmetto jurisdiction, the medical necessity for the procedure...
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