42 CFR § 409.62 - Lifetime maximum on inpatient psychiatric care.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s409.62"
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title: "42 CFR § 409.62 - Lifetime maximum on inpatient psychiatric care."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "409.62"
section_name: "Lifetime maximum on inpatient psychiatric care."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MEDICARE PROGRAM"
part_number: "409"
part_name: "HOSPITAL INSURANCE BENEFITS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 12541, Mar. 25, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
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# 409.62 Lifetime maximum on inpatient psychiatric care.

There is a lifetime maximum of 190 days on inpatient psychiatric hospital services available to any beneficiary. Therefore, once an individual receives benefits for 190 days of care in a psychiatric hospital, no further benefits of that type are available to that individual.