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This patient decision aid from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (PDF, 132kb) can also help you to understand your treatment options. Lifestyle changes to reduce blood pressure If you're diagnosed with high blood pressure, your doctor may recommend taking 1 or more medicines to keep it under control. Before we begin, let's revisit some basic fraction terms so you understand exactly what we're dealing with here: For STN or GPi DBS to be considered reasonable and necessary, patients must meet all of the following criteria:

For DBS lead implantation to be considered reasonable and necessary, providers and facilities must meet all of the following criteria:

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For the most part, codes are no longer included in the LCD (policy). You will find them in the Billing & Coding Articles. Try using the MCD Search to find what you're looking for. Enter the code you're looking for in the "Enter keyword, code, or document ID" box. The list of results will include documents which contain the code you entered. Diagnosis of PD based on the presence of at least 2 cardinal PD features (tremor, rigidity or bradykinesia). For thalamic VIM DBS to be considered reasonable and necessary, patients must meet all of the following criteria:

National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) are national policy granting, limiting or excluding Medicare coverage for a specific medical item or service. CMS translated the information for this policy from ICD-9-CM/PCS to ICD-10-CM/PCS according to HIPAA standard medical data code set requirements and updated any necessary and related coding infrastructure. These updates do not expand, restrict, or alter existing coverage policy. Implementation date: 10/06/2014 Effective date: 10/1/2015. ( TN 1388) ( TN 1388) (CR 8691) The DBS should be performed with extreme caution in patients with cardiac pacemakers or other electronically controlled implants, which may adversely affect or be affected by the DBS system. Cognitive impairment, dementia or depression, which would be worsened by or would interfere with the patient's ability to benefit from DBS. if you're over the age of 80, high blood pressure is considered to be from 150/90mmHg or more if your reading was taken at a pharmacy, GP surgery or clinic (or an average of 145/85mmHg if it was taken at home)Blood pressure readings from 121/81mmHg to 139/89mmHg could mean you're at risk of developing high blood pressure if you do not take steps to keep your blood pressure under control. ideal blood pressure is usually considered to be between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg, while the target for people over the age of 80 years old is below 150/90mmHg (or 145/85mmHg if it was taken at home) Marked disabling tremor of at least level 3 or 4 on the Fahn-Tolosa-Marin Clinical Tremor Rating Scale (or equivalent scale) in the extremity intended for treatment, causing significant limitation in daily activities despite optimal medical therapy. The DBS is not reasonable and necessary and is not covered for ET or PD patients with any of the following: