# Medicare Coverage Database (MCD) API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cms-gov/medicare-coverage-database/  
**Provider:** CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — https://apis.io/providers/cms-gov/  
**Documentation:** https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/

Medicare Coverage Database (MCD) API is one of 62 APIs that [CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services](https://apis.io/providers/cms-gov/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Coverage, LCD, Mac, NCD, and Policy.

The Medicare Coverage Database publishes National Coverage Determinations (NCDs), Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs), articles, and coding guidance used to determine Medicare coverage and reimbursement policies, distributed via downloadable datasets and JSON/CSV query endpoints.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Website** — https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/
- **Downloads** — https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/downloads/downloads.aspx

## Other CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services APIs (12)

- [CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Articles API](https://apis.io/apis/cms-gov/cms-gov-articles-api/)
- [CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Auth API](https://apis.io/apis/cms-gov/cms-gov-auth-api/)
- [CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Benchmarks API](https://apis.io/apis/cms-gov/cms-gov-benchmarks-api/)
- [CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Bulk Export API](https://apis.io/apis/cms-gov/cms-gov-bulk-export-api/)
- [CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Catalog API](https://apis.io/apis/cms-gov/cms-gov-catalog-api/)
- [CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Coverage API](https://apis.io/apis/cms-gov/cms-gov-coverage-api/)
- [CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Data API](https://apis.io/apis/cms-gov/cms-gov-data-api/)
- [CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Drugs API](https://apis.io/apis/cms-gov/cms-gov-drugs-api/)
- [CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Eligibility API](https://apis.io/apis/cms-gov/cms-gov-eligibility-api/)
- [CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ExplanationOfBenefit API](https://apis.io/apis/cms-gov/cms-gov-explanationofbenefit-api/)
- [CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Geography API](https://apis.io/apis/cms-gov/cms-gov-geography-api/)
- [CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Group API](https://apis.io/apis/cms-gov/cms-gov-group-api/)

## Tags

Coverage, LCD, Mac, NCD, Policy

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