[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR416.61]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                    CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE
                          & MEDICAID SERVICES,
                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 416--AMBULATORY SURGICAL SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart D--Scope of Benefits
 
Sec. 416.61  Scope of facility services.

    (a) Included services. Facility services include, but are not 
limited to--
    (1) Nursing, technician, and related services;
    (2) Use of the facilities where the surgical procedures are 
performed;
    (3) Drugs, biologicals, surgical dressings, supplies, splints, 
casts, and appliances and equipment directly related to the provision of 
surgical procedures;
    (4) Diagnostic or therapeutic services or items directly related to 
the provision of a surgical procedure;
    (5) Administrative, recordkeeping and housekeeping items and 
services; and
    (6) Materials for anesthesia.
    (7) Intra-ocular lenses (IOLs).
    (8) Supervision of the services of an anesthetist by the operating 
surgeon.
    (b) Excluded services. Facility services do not include items and 
services for which payment may be made under other provisions of part 
405 of this chapter, such as physicians' services, laboratory, X-ray or 
diagnostic procedures (other than those directly related to performance 
of the surgical procedure), prosthetic devices (except IOLs), ambulance 
services, leg, arm, back and neck braces, artificial limbs, and durable 
medical equipment for use in the patient's home. In addition, they do 
not include anesthetist services furnished on or after January 1, 1989.

[56 FR 8844, Mar. 1, 1991, as amended at 57 FR 33899, July 31, 1992]