US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-01, ch. 3, § 20.5.1
Part A Blood Deductible
Blood must be furnished on a Medicare covered day in a hospital or SNF to be counted
under Part A. Blood furnished to an inpatient after benefits exhausted or before
entitlement is not counted toward the combined deductible. Blood furnished during a
lifetime extension election period is counted toward the combined A/B 3 pint total.
History
(Rev. 1, 09-11-02)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
b3216cd1012ba326b30423b35e7a649fd3c45b395628397f3a596e7515143608
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