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NCD110.11 FOOD ALLERGY TESTING AND TREATMENT

 

 

Effective Date of this Version

10/31/1988

 

 

Benefit Category

 

• Diagnostic Tests (other).

• Note: This may not be an exhaustive list of all applicable Medicare benefit categories for this item or service.

 

 

Indications and Limitations of Coverage

 

• Effective October 31, 1988, sublingual intracutaneous and subcutaneous provocative and neutralization testing and neutralization therapy for food allergies are excluded from Medicare coverage because available evidence does not show that these tests and therapies are effective.

• This exclusion was published as a Final Notice in the "Federal Register" on September 29, 1988.

 

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