Yes, Medicare lists signs of infection and inflammation as qualifying criteria for medical necessity. Medicare may cover the removal of a sebaceous cyst if it is medically necessary. This means ...

It was a sebaceous cyst, which had become infected when she popped it. She had to take antibiotics for four weeks. "I freaked out because I knew the only way to get it out was to surgically remove it.

An epidermoid cyst, sometimes called a sebaceous cyst ... It typically occurs when hair follicles become inflamed and ...