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Response to Comments: Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation (PVA) for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture (VCF)
A58535
Effective: January 10, 2021
Updated: December 31, 2025
Policy Summary
This document is a response-to-comments notice regarding the Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation (PVA) Local Coverage Determination for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture. It records the LCD notice period beginning 11/26/2020 and states a final determination effective date of 01/10/2020; the document does not itself specify coverage, clinical indications, limitations, or claim documentation requirements.
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"Official notice period for the final LCD begins on 2020-11-26 and the final determination is stated to become effective on 2020-01-10."
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