Multiple Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) Finalized - Effective July 30, 2023

The following Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) have completed the Open Public Meeting comment period and are now finalized under contractor numbers: 01111 (CA), 01211 (AS, GU, HI, NMI), 01311 (NV), and 01911 (CA, HI & Territories).

Medicare Coverage Database Number LCD Title
L34203 Cataract Surgery in Adults
L37729 Magnetic-Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS) for Essential Tremor and Tremor Dominant Parkinson's Disease

 

Medicare Coverage Database Number Billing and Coding Article Title
A57195 Billing and Coding: Cataract Surgery in Adults
A57512 Billing and Coding: Magnetic-Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS) for Essential Tremor and Tremor Dominant Parkinson's Disease

 

Medicare Coverage Database Number Response to Comments
A59413 Response to Comments: Cataract Surgery in Adults
A59419 Response to Comments: Magnetic-Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS) for Essential Tremor and Tremor Dominant Parkinson's Disease

 

Effective Date: July 30, 2023

Visit the CMS Medicare Coverage Database (MCD) to access this LCD.

 

Last Updated Jun 16 , 2023