Vitamin D Testing - Cigna

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Medical Coverage Policy Effective Date ........................................ ..... 3/15/2021. Next Review 3/15/2022. Coverage Policy Number .................................. 0526. Vitamin D Testing Table of Contents Related Coverage Resources Overview ........................................ ...........................1. Coverage Bone Mineral Density Measurement General Background ........................................ .........2 Preventive Care Services Testing Literature Review ..................................3. Testing Professional Societies ..........................3. Supplementation Literature Review ..................7. Supplementation Professional Societies ........................................ ........................9. Medicare Coverage Determinations ...................... 11. Appendix A ........................................ .................... 12. Coding/Billing Information.

Vitamin D from the diet or dermal synthesis is biologically inactive and requires enzymatic conversion to active metabolites. Vitamin D is converted enzymatically: • in the liver to 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D), the major circulating form of Vitamin D; and then

  Active, Biologically