Are blood pressure cuffs covered by medicare?

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asked Sep 26, 2017 in Other- Health by Meradith21 (780 points)
Are blood pressure cuffs covered by medicare?

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answered Sep 27, 2017 by Williegumdrop (420 points)
Medicare does not cover blood pressure cuffs or monitors for home use.

There is an exception to that though. If the patient is having dialysis then the blood pressure monitor and stethoscope could be covered by medicare.

That is for a patient that has to be on dialysis.

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