For Symptomatic individuals:
Yes No Don't Know
Yes No Don't Know
Yes No Don't Know
For asymptomatic individuals:
Yes No Don't Know
Yes No Don't Know
Yes No Don't Know
Yes No Don't Know
Yes No Don't Know
Yes No Don't Know
Yes No Don't Know
12. Is this for a replacement device? Yes No Don't Know
Additonal information/comments:
Who is making this request? Ordering Physician Facility Other:
Print Name:
Title: MD RN LPN PA NP Other:
Signature: Date:
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7. Does the individual have second-degree AV block and documented
periods of asystole greater than or equal to 3.0 seconds?
Please note: if this procedure is approved and is being performed in an inpatient setting, contact the
patient's health plan directly to have the inpatient admission approved after the authorization is issued.
1. Does the individual have symptomatic bradycardia (slow heart rate)?
Symptoms may include syncope, shortness of breath.
2. Does the individual have exertional limitations because their heart rate
is unable to achieve an approximate predicted heart rate of 80% (220-
age), aka “chronotropic incompetence”?
3. Does the individual have recurrent syncope caused by spontaneously
occurring carotid sinus stimulation and carotid sinus pressure that
induces ventricular asystole of more than 3 seconds?
4. Does the individual have symptomatic bradycardia when given
medications required for other medical conditions?
5. Does the individual have permanent or intermittent third-degree AV
block?
6. Does the individual have advanced second-degree (Mobitz II) AV
block or alternating bundle branch block?
8. Does the individual have atrial fibrillation and a pause of 5 seconds or
longer?
9. Will the individual have catheter ablation of the AV junction intended for
a rate control strategy for management of atrial fibrillation?
10. Does the individual have a progressive neuromuscular disease (such
as myotonic muscular dystrophy, Kearns-Sayre syndrome, Erb dystrophy
(limb-girdle muscular dystrophy), and peroneal muscular atrophy) and
any degree of AV block or fascicular block?
11. Does the individual have persistent second-degree AV block in the
His-Purkinje system with alternating bundle-branch block or third-degree
AV block within or below the His-Purkinje system after myocardial
infarction?
Yes No
Don't Know
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