Speech Therapy - Cigna

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Page 1 of 31 Medical Coverage Policy: 0177 Medical Coverage Policy Effective Date ........................................ ..... 3/15/2022 Next Review Date ....................................... 2/15/2023 Coverage Policy Number .................................. 0177 Speech Therapy Table of Contents Overview ........................................ ...................... 1 Coverage Policy ........................................ ........... 1 General Background ........................................ .... 4 Medicare Coverage Determinations.

Speech-language pathology services are considered necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of swallowing (dysphagia), speech-language, and cognitive-communication disorders that result in communication disabilities. Speech-language pathologists treat disorders of speech sound production (e.g., articulation, apraxia, dysarthria),

  Disorders, Speech, Sound, Speech sounds