LCDs and NCDs are review policies that describe the circumstances of coverage for various types of medical treatment. They advise physicians which services Medicare considers reasonable and necessary and may indicate the need for an advance beneficiary notice. They are developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare carriers, or fiscal intermediaries LCD and NCD are acronyms that stand for
- local covered determinations and non-covered determinations.
- local coverage determinations and national coverage determinations.
- list of covered decisions and non-covered decisions.
- local contractor's decisions and national contractor's decisions.