Medical Policy Subject: Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (eswt) for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Soft Tissue Wounds
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SUBJECT: EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE THERAPY (ESWT) FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS AND SOFT TISSUE WOUNDS POLICY NUMBER: 2.01.31 CATEGORY: Technology Assessment EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/18/01 REVISED DATE: 02/21/02, 02/20/03, 02/19/04, 02/17/05, 12/15/05, 01/18/07, 10/18/07, 09/18/08, 08/20/09, 07/15/10, 06/16/11, 06/21/12, 08/15/13, 07/17/14, 06/18/15 PAGE: 1 OF: 8 • If the member's subscriber contract excludes coverage for a specific service it is not covered under that contract. In such cases, medical policy criteria are not applied. • Medical policies apply to commercial and Safety Net products only when a contract benefit for the specific service exists. • Medical policies only apply to Medicare products when a contract benefit exists and where there is no national or local Medicare coverage decision for the specific service.
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Medical Policy Subject: Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (eswt) for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Soft Tissue Wounds
If a product excludes coverage for a service, it is not covered, and medical policy criteria do not apply. If a commercial product, including an Essential Plan product, covers a specific service, medical policy criteria apply to the benefit. If a Medicare product covers a specific service, and there is no national or local Medicare coverage decision for the service, medical policy criteri...
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