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NCD30.9 TRANSILLUMINATION LIGHT SCANNING OR DIAPHANOGRAPHY

 

 

Effective Date of this Version

 

• This is a longstanding national coverage determination.

• The effective date of this version has not been posted.

 

 

Benefit Category

 

• Diagnostic Tests (other).

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

 

 

Item/Service Description

 

• While transillumination light scanning, or diaphanography, for use in detection of cancer and other diseases of the breast, appears safe, the usefulness of this instrumentation, when compared to existing modes of cancer and other breast disease detection, has not clearly been established.

 

 

Indications and Limitations of Coverage

 

• Further study of this technology is needed to determine its role in breast cancer diagnosis. Program payment may not be made for this procedure at this time.

 

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