Cold therapy devices are excluded
from coverage as:
• Durable Equipment
(DE) and Durable Medical Equipment (DME) with deluxe,
luxury, or immaterial features; and
• Comfort and convenience item.
They are not primarily medical
in nature, even though used to control pain, do not preclude the
use of analgesics in conjunction with the cold therapy, and ultimately,
except for the convenience of the commercial devices, ice packs
have been shown to serve the same purpose.