The following are retired policies. Please access these policies in the CMS Medicare Coverage Database (MCD)
. Be sure to note the retired effective date of the retired policy, as the policy will not appear as retired until the retired effective date. Prior to the retired effective date, the policy can be found by selecting the link "Display Active Documents" within the CMS Medicare Coverage Database (MCD)
.
To access a previously retired policy, please visit the CMS Medicare Coverage Database (MCD)
and select the link that states "Display Retired Documents".
September 2010
| Policy Title | MCD Policy # | WPS Policy # | Effective Date |
| Outpatient Hospital Psychiatric Services | L26575 | N/A | 10/15/2010 |
| Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) | L26611 | N/A | 10/15/2010 |
| This LCD will be retired and replaced by L30491 | |||
August 2010
There are no retired policies.
July 2010
| Policy Title | MCD Policy # | WPS Policy # | Effective Date |
| Bariatric Surgery | L26558 | N/A | 07/31/2010 |
| This LCD is retired effective 07/31/2010 and replaced with a WPS-maintained document entitled "Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity" (GSURG-042). This copy of the NCD with coding and billing instructions can be found on the WPS policy Website. Instructions can also be found in CMS IOM Publications 100-3 §100.1 and 100-4, Chapter 32, §150. | |||
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