Response to Comments: Lumbar Spinal Fusion

This document (A56397) is a response-to-comments notice for the Lumbar Spinal Fusion Local Coverage Determination L37848 and does not itself contain coverage criteria. The file lists the comment period (10/01/2018–11/15/2018) and the LCD effective date (05/06/2019); reviewers should consult LCD L37848 for detailed indications, limitations, documentation, and frequency rules. Manual review of L37848 is required to extract actionable coverage criteria.

"No lumbar spinal fusion coverage criteria included in this document; refer to Local Coverage Determination L37848 (comment period 2018-10-01 to 2018-11-15, effective 2019-05-06) for the actual cove..."

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