Medical Expense✓ Verified · outline & fact-checked · Sep 2026Difficulty 2/5
Regarding inpatient psychiatric hospitalization, Medicare Part A:
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Why A is correct
Medicare Part A places a lifetime limitation on inpatient psychiatric hospitalization days, a special restriction that does not apply to general medical inpatient care. Once the lifetime limit is exhausted, Part A will no longer pay for further inpatient psychiatric hospital stays, even though a new benefit period may otherwise begin. The examination objectives list mental health inpatient hospitalization lifetime limitations as a specific Part A rule under AH-III.D.1c, and recognizing this cap distinguishes psychiatric coverage from ordinary hospital coverage.
Why the other options are wrong
- B) Part A does impose a lifetime cap on inpatient psychiatric days, so there is a limit of some kind.
- C) The limitation is a lifetime cap, not a per-calendar-year allowance that resets indefinitely.
- D) Part A does cover inpatient psychiatric hospitalization up to the lifetime limit; coverage is not confined to Part B outpatient services.
Memory hook
Psych inpatient days under Part A are capped for life.