Pre-transplant Outpatient Services

140.3 - Pre-transplant Outpatient Services (Rev. 13599, Issued: 01-30-26, Effective: 05-01-26, Implementation: 05-01-26) A3-3178.3 All hospital outpatient services provided to living donors and recipients in anticipation of a transplant during the pre-entitlement period and after entitlement, but prior to admission to the hospital for transplantation, are covered. Such services would include kidney recipient registration fees (see 42 CFR § 413.402(b)(6) for additional requirements related to registry fees), laboratory tests (including tissue typing of recipient and donors), and general medical evaluations of the recipient and the donor(s). Pretransplant physicians’ services are also covered.