# Medicare Coverage Database (MCD) API

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

Medicare Coverage Database (MCD) API is one of 41 APIs that [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services](https://apis.io/providers/cms/) 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 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services APIs (12)

- [CMS Data at the Point of Care (DPC) API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-data-at-the-point-of-care-dpc-api/)
- [CMS Finder API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-finder-api/)
- [CMS Quality Payment Program (QPP) Submissions API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-quality-payment-program-qpp-submissions-api/)
- [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services API Reference API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-api-reference-api/)
- [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Bulk Data API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-bulk-data-api/)
- [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Code Search API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-code-search-api/)
- [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Cost Search API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-cost-search-api/)
- [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Enrollments API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-enrollments-api/)
- [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Geography API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-geography-api/)
- [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Households & Eligibility API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-households-eligibility-api/)
- [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Insurance Issuers API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-insurance-issuers-api/)
- [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Insurance Plans API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-insurance-plans-api/)

## Tags

Coverage, LCD, Mac, NCD, Policy

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