Response to Comments: Nerve Blockade for Treatment of Chronic Pain and Neuropathy

This document is an administrative notice (Response to Comments) regarding the Nerve Blockade for Treatment of Chronic Pain and Neuropathy LCD and does not include any clinical coverage criteria in the provided text. The Final LCD is published to the CMS Medicare Coverage Database on 2022-07-21 (beginning a 45-day Notice Period) and becomes effective on 2022-09-04; the Proposed LCD was posted for public comment 2022-04-28 to 2022-06-11 and was presented at the 2022-05-26 Open Meeting with no comments received.

"Final Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for Nerve Blockade will be viewable on the CMS Medicare Coverage Database (MCD) on 2022-07-21 and enters a 45-day Notice Period; the Final LCD becomes effec..."

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