LCDActive
Intravenous Immune Globulin
L33610
Noridian Healthcare Solutions, LLC (J19)
Effective: January 1, 2025
Updated: December 31, 2025
Policy Summary
IVIG is covered when it meets Medicare's general ‘‘reasonable and necessary’’ criteria (SSA §1862(a)(1)(A)) and complies with all related LCD/Policy Article and statutory requirements. Coverage and payment are contingent on proper billing by a licensed dispensing entity, receipt of required written orders (SWO/WOPD), appropriate coding, maintenance of proof of delivery, and adherence to DMEPOS refill/delivery timing and quantity limits (contact ≤30 days before expected end, deliver no sooner than 10 days prior, and dispense no more than a one-month supply).
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"IVIG is covered when the product is eligible under a Medicare benefit category, is reasonable and necessary for diagnosis or treatment per Social Security Act §1862(a)(1)(A), and meets all other ap..."
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