Section 405 IAC 5-28-4 - Single-chamber cardiac pacemaker implantationAuthority: IC 12-15-1-10; IC 12-15-21-2; IC 12-15-21-3
Affected: IC 12-13-7-3; IC 12-15
Sec. 4.
(a) Reimbursement for single-chamber pacemaker implantation, in the absence of special medical circumstances documented in the medical record that the procedure is medically beneficial, is not available for the following: (1) Syncope of undetermined cause.(2) Sinus bradycardia without significant symptoms.(3) Sinoatrial block or sinus arrest without significant symptoms.(4) Prolonged PR intervals (slow ventricular response) with atrial fibrillation without third degree atrial ventricular (AV) block.(5) Bradycardia during sleep.(6) Right bundle branch block with left axis deviation and other forms of fascicular or bundle branch blocks without significant signs or symptoms.(7) Asymptomatic second degree AV block of Mobitz Type I (Wenckebach).(b) Reimbursement is available when the medical record documents that the member has any of the following: (1) Acquired complete (also referred to as third degree) AV heart block.(2) Congenital complete heart block with severe bradycardia in relation to age or significant physiological deficits or significant symptoms due to the bradycardia.(3) Second degree AV heart block of Type II.(4) Second degree AV heart block of Type I.(5) Sinus bradycardia associated with major symptoms or substantial sinus bradycardia with heart rate less than fifty (50) associated with dizziness or confusion. The correlation between symptoms and bradycardia must be documented, or the symptoms must be clearly attributable to the bradycardia rather than to some other cause.(6) Sinus bradycardia of lesser severity (heart rate fifty (50) to fifty-nine (59)) with dizziness or confusion. The correlation between symptoms and bradycardia must be documented, or the symptoms must be clearly attributable to the bradycardia rather than to some other cause.(7) Sinus bradycardia, which is the consequence of long term necessary drug treatment for which there is no acceptable alternative, when accompanied by significant symptoms. The correlation between symptoms and bradycardia must be documented, or the symptoms must be clearly attributable to the bradycardia rather than to some other cause.(8) Sinus node dysfunction, with or without tachyarrhythmias or AV conduction block, when accompanied by significant symptoms.(9) Sinus node dysfunction, with or without symptoms, when there are potentially life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias or tachycardia secondary to the bradycardia.(10) Bradycardia associated with supraventricular tachycardia with high degree AV block, which is unresponsive to appropriate pharmacological management and when the bradycardia is associated with significant symptoms.(11) Hypersensitive carotid sinus syndrome with syncope due to bradycardia and unresponsive to prophylactic medical measures.(12) Bifascicular or trifascicular block accompanied by syncope, which is attributed to transient complete heart block after other plausible causes of syncope have been reasonably excluded.(13) Prophylactic pacemaker use following recovery from acute myocardial infarction during which there was temporary complete (third degree) or Mobitz Type II second degree AV block in association with bundle branch block.(14) Recurrent and refractory ventricular tachycardia, overdrive pacing (pacing above the basal rate) to prevent ventricular tachycardia.(15) Second degree AV heart block of Type I with the QRS complexes prolonged.Office ofthe Secretary of Family and Social Services; 405 IAC 5-28-4; filed Jul 25, 1997, 4:00p.m.: 20 IR 3353; readopted filed Jun 27, 2001, 9:40 a.m.: 24 IR 3822; readopted filed Sep 19, 2007, 12:16p.m.: 20071010-IR-405070311RFA; readopted filed Oct 28, 2013, 3:18 p.m.: 20131127-IR-405130241RFAFiled 8/1/2016, 3:44 p.m.: 20160831-IR-405150418FRAReadopted filed 7/28/2022, 2:21 p.m.: 20220824-IR-405220205RFAReadopted filed 5/30/2023, 11:54 a.m.: 20230628-IR-405230292RFA