Thermography

Medicare excludes thermography for all indications, including breast lesions, because available evidence does not support its usefulness in diagnosis or treatment. The exclusion was formalized in a CMS Final Notice published in the Federal Register on November 20, 1992; therefore thermography is not a covered service under this NCD.

"Thermography (measurement of self-emanating infrared radiation) is excluded from Medicare coverage for any indication and is not considered an effective aid in diagnosis or treatment."

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