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Last Modified: 3/21/2011 Location: FL, PR, USVI Business: Part B

CO 170

This payment is adjusted when performed/billed by this type of provider.

(THIS SERVICE BY A CHIROPRACTOR IS NOT COVERED BY MEDICARE)
Resources/tips for avoiding this denial
Chiropractors’ services extend only to treatment by means of manual manipulation of the spine to correct a subluxation. All other services furnished or ordered by chiropractors are not covered.
• For additional information, please review the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Internet-only manual, Publication 100-02 Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, chapter 15, section 30.5 external link to pdf
Tip to correct the denied claim
Services not covered by Medicare should not be billed to Medicare.
• Billing denied services to Medicare for coordination of benefits is allowable.
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Source: FCSO Education Action Team
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