US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-02, ch. 11, § 140.4
Pre-transplant Inpatient Services
A3-3178.4
The following rules apply to kidney transplant inpatient medical evaluations when the
kidney recipient has Medicare entitlement or is in the pre-entitlement period. The pre-entitlement period is that period prior to the patient’s actual Medicare entitlement, during
which services are furnished in anticipation of a transplant, after the patient has been
diagnosed to have end stage renal disease. If the potential kidney recipient does not have
Medicare entitlement, or is not in the pre-entitlement period, Medicare will not cover
services rendered to the potential kidney recipient or to the living donor for medical
evaluations.
History
(Rev. 13599, Issued: 01-30-26 , Effective: 05-01-26, Implementation: 05-01-26 )
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
07ff616e6fa26ff243f28ade152840a37f7608fbdde305fff7a4ea879814bd8a
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