Authority: IC 12-15
Affected: IC 12-13-7-3
Sec. 1. The following services are not covered by Medicaid:
- (1) Services that are not medically necessary.
- (2) Services provided outside the scope of a provider's license, registration, certification, or other authority to practice under state or federal law.
- (3) Experimental drugs, treatments, or procedures, and all related services.
- (4) Any new product, service, or technology not specifically covered in this article. The product, service, or technology will remain a noncovered product, service, or technology until such time as the office authorizes the coverage of the product, service, or technology. This subdivision does not apply to legend drugs.
- (5) Personal comfort or convenience items, including, but not limited to, television, radio, or telephone rental.
- (6) Services for the remediation of learning disabilities.
- (7) Treatments or therapies of an educational nature.
(8) Experimental radiological or surgical or other modalities and procedures, including, but not limited to, the following:
- (A) Acupuncture.
- (B) Biofeedback therapy.
- (C) Carbon dioxide five percent (5%) inhalator therapy for inner ear disease.
- (D) Hyperthermia.
- (E) Hypnotherapy.
- (9) Hair transplants.
- (10) Fallopian tuboplasty (reanastomosis of the fallopian tubes) for infertility or vasovasostomy (reanastomosis of the vas deferens. This procedure is covered only in conjunction with disease.
- (11) Augmentation mammoplasties for cosmetic purposes.
- (12) Dermabrasion surgery for acne pitting or marsupialization.
- (13) Rhinoplasty or bridge repair of the nose in the absence of a significant obstructive breathing problem.
(14) Otoplasty for protruding ears unless one (1) of the following applies to the case:
- (A) Multifaceted craniofacial abnormalities due to congenital malformation or maldevelopment, for example, Pierre Robin syndrome.
- (B) A member has pending or actual employment where protruding ears would interfere with the wearing of required protective devices.
- (15) Scar removals or tattoo removals by excision or abrasion.
- (16) Ear lobe reconstruction.
(17) Removal of keloids caused from pierced ears unless one (1) of the following is present:
- (A) Keloids are larger than three (3) centimeters.
- (B) Obstruction of the ear canal is fifty percent (50%) or more.
- (18) Rhytidectomy.
- (19) Penile implants.
- (20) Perineoplasty for sexual dysfunction.
- (21) Reconstructive or plastic surgery unless related to disease or trauma deformity.
- (22) Sliding mandibular osteotomies unless related to prognathism or micrognathism.
- (23) Blepharoplasties when not related to a significant obstructive vision problem.
- (24) Radial keratotomy.
(25) Miscellaneous procedures or modalities, including, but not limited to, the following:
- (A) Autopsy.
- (B) Cryosurgery for chloasma.
- (C) Conray dye injection supervision.
- (D) Day care or partial day care or partial hospitalization except when provided pursuant to 405 IAC 5-20.
(E) Formalized and predesigned rehabilitation programs, including, but not limited to, the following:
- (i) Pulmonary.
- (ii) Cardiovascular.
- (iii) Work-hardening or strengthening.
- (F) Telephone transmitter used for transtelephonic monitor.
- (G) Telephone, or any other means of communication, consultation from one (1) doctor to another.
- (H) Artificial insemination.
- (I) Cognitive rehabilitation, except for treatment of traumatic brain injury.
- (26) Ear piercing.
- (27) Cybex evaluation or testing or treatment.
- (28) High colonic irrigation.
- (29) Services that are not prior authorized under the level-of-care methodology as required by 405 IAC 5-21.5.
- (30) Amphetamines when prescribed for weight control or treatment of obesity.
- (31) Under federal law, drug efficacy study implementation drugs not covered by Medicaid.
- (32) All anorectics, except amphetamines, both legend and nonlegend.
- (33) Physician samples.
(Office of the Secretary of Family and Social Services; 405 IAC 5-29-1; filed Jul 25, 1997, 4:00 p.m.: 20 IR 3356, filed Sep 27, 1999, 8:55 a.m.: 23 IR 320; filed Sep 1, 2000, 2:16 p.m.: 24 IR 15; readopted filed Jun 27, 2001, 9:40 a.m.: 24 IR 3822; filed Oct 3, 2001, 9:47 a.m.: 25 IR 380; readopted filed Sep 19, 2007, 12:16 p.m.: 20071010-IR-405070311RFA; filed May 27, 2010, 9:15 a.m.: 20100623-IR-405100045FRA; readopted filed Oct 28, 2013, 3:18 p.m.: 20131127-IR-405130241RFA; filed Aug 1, 2016, 3:44 p.m.: 20160831-IR-405150418FRA; readopted filed Jul 28, 2022, 2:21 p.m.: 20220824-IR-405220205RFA; readopted filed May 30, 2023, 11:54 a.m.: 20230628-IR-405230292RFA)