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    LICENSE FOR USE OF PHYSICIANS’ CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY, FOURTH EDITION ("CPT")


    End User Point and Click Amendment:

    CPT codes, descriptions and other data only are copyright 2020 American Medical Association. American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved (or such other date of publication of CPT). CPT is a trademark of the American Medical Association (AMA).

    You, your employees and agents are authorized to use CPT only as contained in the following authorized materials of CMS internally within your organization within the United States for the sole use by yourself, employees and agents. Use is limited to use in Medicare, Medicaid or other programs administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). You agree to take all necessary steps to insure that your employees and agents abide by the terms of this agreement.

    Any use not authorized herein is prohibited, including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation, making copies of CPT for resale and/or license, transferring copies of CPT to any party not bound by this agreement, creating any modified or derivative work of CPT, or making any commercial use of CPT. License to use CPT for any use not authorized herein must be obtained through the AMA, CPT Intellectual Property Services, AMA Plaza, 330 Wabash Ave., Suite 39300, Chicago, IL 60611-5885. Applications are available at the AMA Web site, http://www.ama-assn.org/cpt.

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    AMA Disclaimer of Warranties and Liabilities.

    CPT is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. AMA warrants that due to the nature of CPT, it does not manipulate or process dates, therefore there is no Year 2000 issue with CPT. AMA disclaims responsibility for any errors in CPT that may arise as a result of CPT being used in conjunction with any software and/or hardware system that is not Year 2000 compliant. No fee schedules, basic unit, relative values or related listings are included in CPT. The AMA does not directly or indirectly practice medicine or dispense medical services. The responsibility for the content of this file/product is with CMS and no endorsement by the AMA is intended or implied. The AMA disclaims responsibility for any consequences or liability attributable to or related to any use, non-use, or interpretation of information contained or not contained in this file/product. This Agreement will terminate upon no upon notice if you violate its terms. The AMA is a third party beneficiary to this Agreement.

    CMS Disclaimer

    The scope of this license is determined by the AMA, the copyright holder. Any questions pertaining to the license or use of the CPT should be addressed to the AMA. End Users do not act for or on behalf of the CMS. CMS DISCLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LIABILITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO END USER USE OF THE CPT. CMS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIMS ATTRIBUTABLE TO ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THE INFORMATION OR MATERIAL CONTAINED ON THIS PAGE. In no event shall CMS be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of such information or material.

    Should the foregoing terms and conditions be acceptable to you, please indicate your agreement and acceptance by clicking below on the button labeled "I Accept".

    LICENSE FOR USE OF CURRENT DENTAL TERMINOLOGY (CDTTM)


    End User License Agreement:

    These materials contain Current Dental Terminology (CDTTM), copyright © 2020 American Dental Association (ADA). All rights reserved. CDT is a trademark of the ADA.

    The license granted herein is expressly conditioned upon your acceptance of all terms and conditions contained in this agreement. By clicking below on the button labeled "I accept", you hereby acknowledge that you have read, understood and agreed to all terms and conditions set forth in this agreement.

    If you do not agree with all terms and conditions set forth herein, click below on the button labeled "I do not accept" and exit from this computer screen.

    If you are acting on behalf of an organization, you represent that you are authorized to act on behalf of such organization and that your acceptance of the terms of this agreement creates a legally enforceable obligation of the organization. As used herein, "you" and "your" refer to you and any organization on behalf of which you are acting.

    1. Subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, you, your employees and agents are authorized to use CDT only as contained in the following authorized materials and solely for internal use by yourself, employees and agents within your organization within the United States and its territories. Use of CDT is limited to use in programs administered by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). You agree to take all necessary steps to ensure that your employees and agents abide by the terms of this agreement. You acknowledge that the ADA holds all copyright, trademark and other rights in CDT. You shall not remove, alter, or obscure any ADA copyright notices or other proprietary rights notices included in the materials.

    2. Any use not authorized herein is prohibited, including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation, making copies of CDT for resale and/or license, transferring copies of CDT to any party not bound by this agreement, creating any modified or derivative work of CDT, or making any commercial use of CDT. License to use CDT for any use not authorized herein must be obtained through the American Dental Association, 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611. Applications are available at the American Dental Association web site, http://www.ADA.org.

    3. Applicable Federal Acquisition Regulation Clauses (FARS)/Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation supplement (DFARS) Restrictions Apply to Government Use. Please click here to see all U.S. Government Rights Provisions. opens in new window

    4. Organizations who contract with CMS acknowledge that they may have a commercial CDT license with the ADA, and that use of CDT codes as permitted herein for the administration of CMS programs does not extend to any other programs or services the organization may administer and royalties dues for the use of the CDT codes are governed by their commercial license.

    5. ADA DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITIES. CDT is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. No fee schedules, basic unit, relative values or related listings are included in CDT. The ADA does not directly or indirectly practice medicine or dispense dental services. The sole responsibility for software, including any CDT and other content contained therein, is with CMS; and no endorsement by the ADA is intended or implied. The ADA expressly disclaims responsibility for any consequences or liability attributable to or related to any use, non-use, or interpretation of information contained or not contained in this file/product. This Agreement will terminate upon notice to you if you violate the terms of this Agreement.

      The ADA is a third party beneficiary to this Agreement.

    6. CMS DISCLAIMER. The scope of this license is determined by the ADA, the copyright holder. Any questions pertaining to the license or use of the CDT should be addressed to the ADA. End Users do not act for or on behalf of the CMS. CMS disclaims responsibility for any liability attributable to end user use of the CDT. CMS will not be liable for any claims attributable to any errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies in the information or material covered by this license. In no event shall CMS be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of such information or material.

      The license granted herein is expressly conditioned upon your acceptance of all terms and conditions contained in this agreement. If the foregoing terms and conditions are acceptable to you, please indicate your agreement by clicking below on the button labeled "I Accept". If you do not agree to the terms and conditions, you may not access or use software. Instead you must click below on the button labeled "I Do Not Accept" and exit from this computer screen.

    LICENSE FOR NATIONAL UNIFORM BILLING COMMITTEE (NUBC)


    American Hospital Association Disclaimer


    The American Hospital Association ("the AHA") has not reviewed, and is not responsible for, the completeness or accuracy of any information contained in this material, nor was the AHA or any of its affiliates, involved in the preparation of this material, or the analysis of information provided in the material. The views and/or positions presented in the material do not necessarily represent the views of the AHA. CMS and its products and services are not endorsed by the AHA or any of its affiliates.


    The license granted herein is expressly conditioned upon your acceptance of all terms and conditions contained in this agreement. If the foregoing terms and conditions are acceptable to you, please indicate your agreement by clicking below on the button labeled "I Accept". If you do not agree to the terms and conditions, you may not access or use the software. Instead, you must click below on the button labeled "I Do Not Accept" and exit from this computer screen.

    Downloads

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    Data Set Downloads

    From this page, users may download the following data sets. Please Note: Only the most recent version of the dataset is available; the downloaded database contains future modifications already on file with CMS. Please use the MCD "Date Criteria" search found on the Advanced Search page for precise calendar requests.
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    MCD ARCHIVE

    Document Update Schedule
    Local Coverage Documents (LCDs and Articles) move from the CMS Medicare Coverage Database (MCD) to the MCD Archive in real-time, according to the following schedule:

    • Proposed LCDs move to the MCD Archive 1 year after being released to the final LCD.
    • Retired LCDs and Articles move to the MCD Archive 1 year after their retirement dates.
    • Superseded versions of active LCDs and Articles move to the MCD Archive after 1 year.
    • All ICD-9 LCDs and Articles reside on the MCD Archive.

    Please visit the MCD Archive Site to view archived documents.



    Additional Information:

    Important Notes about LCDs and Database Updates

    Finding Proposed LCDs in the Downloads Feature
    LCDs databases contain Proposed LCDs. Proposed LCDs can be identified by using the DISPLAY_ID field. Please see the data dictionaries included with the download files for more information. If you have any comments regarding the downloads, please use the "Submit Feedback" link at the bottom of this page.

    MCD UPDATE STATUS

    Search Results Table
    MCD UpdateData Captured ThroughRefreshed on MCD
    National Coverage InformationCurrentReal Time
    Local Coverage Information04/04/2021Every Thursday
    National Coverage Downloads04/04/2021Every Thursday
    Download Contents
    The Downloads provide options to capture a set of Local Coverage data (Articles and LCDs) or National Coverage data (NCDs).

    For the Local Coverage data, separate download files are available for "Current" or "Current and Retired" LCDs or Articles. The Download files include Data Dictionaries that explain the content and usage of each database.

    Please Note: Only the most recent version of the dataset is available; the downloaded database contains future modifications already on file with CMS.

    Download Times
    If you wish to download this data, please be aware that downloading may take some time (as much as 30 minutes depending on the speed of your internet connection).

    Downloads Data Set Limitations
    Some Articles and LCDs may contain attachments, but these attachments are not available in the download. However, they may be accessed by viewing the individual Articles and LCDs using the Medicare Coverage Database Website.

    Please Note: Only the most recent version of the dataset is available; the downloaded database contains future modifications already on file with CMS.

    Hardware and Software Requirements
    For hardware and software requirements for download files, please reference CMS's File Formats and Plugins Page.

    Zip File Instructions
    The database that can be downloaded is an Access 2000 database contained within a compressed, or "zipped," file. The database file can be extracted from the compressed file using either the WinZip or PKUNZIP utility. In the former case, open the compressed file using WinZip, select the file with the .MDB extension from the list of files displayed, choose the Extract command from the Actions menu, and then specify the directory where the extracted file is to be saved. In the latter case, open an MS-DOS window, go to the directory where the compressed file is saved, and execute the command.

    PKUNZIP "compressed name file" *.MDB where "compressed name file" is the name of the compressed file saved on your disk drive. This case assumes that the executable PKUNZIP.exe is in a directory in your PATH statement.

    The latest version of WinZip can be downloaded from WinZip.com.

    The latest version of PKZIP can be downloaded from PkWare.com.

    Proposed LCDs in the Downloads Files
    Proposed LCDs can be identified by using the DISPLAY_ID field. For more information, please see the Data Dictionaries.
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